ansible/awx

Extending installer to use buildah instead of docker build

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#8,969 opened on Dec 22, 2020

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Description

ISSUE TYPE
  • Feature Idea
SUMMARY

I am trying to build my own custom image on a RHEL machine and that has an ancient version of Docker installed on it which does not support multi stage builds, which is required to build your own AWX Images. So I thought lets use buildah instead.

I did put a bit of effort into building all that is required into the installer of awx and would want to share that. Since there is no buildah module I am using the shell module instead. My two questions are:

  1. Are you interested? --and if the answer to 1 is yes,
  2. How do I contribute it?

See, this is my first time contributing to OpenSource. I did read the contribution guide but am still a bit lost on the part with the git rebase vs. git merge. So I hope you bare with me and help me out on this:

So my understanding was that I would have to:

git clone https://github.com/ansible/awx.git do my changes git commit --signoff

And what would be after that? cheers, Sebastian

Contributor guide

Research direction
Examine the AWX installer's Ansible roles and tasks, especially the playbooks that handle image building. Understand how the shell module is used to replace Docker commands with buildah. Also review the contribution guide for the proper Git workflow (rebase vs merge) and submit a pull request.
Tech stack
pythondocker
Domain
backendinfrastructuredevops
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
GitAnsibleDocker/Buildah
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60