Added spec changes for Image Extension by jkutner · Pull Request #267 · buildpacks/spec

jkutner · 2021-11-03T14:29:23Z

WIP specification of buildpacks/rfcs#173

Signed-off-by: Joe Kutner <jpkutner@gmail.com>

jkutner · 2021-11-17T15:24:19Z

@sclevine @natalieparellano PTAL and let me know if this is on the right track

jkutner · 2021-12-01T19:15:06Z

image-extension.md

+
+## Image Extension API Version
+
+This document specifies Image Extension API version `0.1`.


Per @sclevine, we should not introduce a new API version, but instead tie this to one of the existing APIs. We also need to address this in the extension.toml

buildpack.md

jabrown85 · 2021-12-06T21:43:30Z

buildpack.md

+Correspondingly, each `/bin/build` executable:
+
+- MAY read from the `<app>` directory.
+- MUST NOT write to the `<app>` directory.


Suggested change

- MUST NOT write to the `<app>` directory.

- MUST NOT write to the `<app>` directory.

Is this one of those places where we hope they won't but can't do anything if they do?

@jabrown85 i think it depends on the platform. Like, if it's running the extension in it's own container, it might be able to exclude <app> dir changes from it's snapshot. But if it's all running on the same filesystem/volume it won't be able to.

This isn't actually a suggested change right?

Yeah, not a suggested change. I must have clicked the wrong button :)

jabrown85 · 2021-12-06T21:45:06Z

buildpack.md

+- MAY log output from the build process to `stdout`.
+- MAY emit error, warning, or debug messages to `stderr`.
+- SHOULD write BOM (Bill-of-Materials) entries to `<output>/launch.toml` describing any contributions to the app image.
+- MAY write key-value pairs to `<output>/launch.toml` that are provided as build args to run.Dockerfile or Dockerfile


This is the first time run.Dockerfile is mentioned, should we omit this specific file name here in favor of keeping that in the image-extensions.md? Just refer to Dockerfile here in a generic sense maybe...

image-extension.md

jabrown85 · 2021-12-06T21:49:42Z

image-extension.md

+All `Dockerfile`s are provided with `base_image` and `build_id` args.
+The `base_image` arg allows the Dockerfile to reference the original base image.
+The `build_id` arg allows the Dockerfile to invalidate the cache after a certain layer and must be defaulted to `0`. The executor of the Dockerfile will provide the `build_id` as a UUID (this eliminates the need to track this variable).
+When the `$build_id` arg is referenced in a `RUN` instruction, all subsequent layers will be rebuilt on the next build (as the value will change).


I would love to see a section on how a platform should use this $build_id. I kind of forgot how/why it is done this way and when a platform would ever be able to safely use the same UUID.

jabrown85 · 2021-12-06T21:58:41Z

platform.md

+  [-plan <plan>]
+```
+
+##### Inputs


I think we may need /workspace | CNB_APP_DIR as well, since they are allowed/expected to read from that directory.

buildpack.md

natalieparellano · 2021-12-09T21:38:50Z

buildpack.md

+Image extensions participate in the buildpack [detection](#detector) process, with the same `UID`, `GID`, and interface for `/bin/detect`. However:
+- Detection is optional for extensions, and they are assumed to pass detection when it is not present. A `/bin/detect` that exits with a 0 exit code passes detection, and fails otherwise.
+- Extensions MUST only output `provides` entries to the build plan. They MUST NOT output `requires`.
+- Extensions MUST all precede buildpacks in [order](#ordertoml-toml) definitions.


https://github.com/buildpacks/samples/pull/113/files#r726206827 talks about creating a separate [[order-ext]] in builder.toml - would that translate into a separate file?

buildpack.md

natalieparellano · 2021-12-09T21:50:39Z

buildpack.md

+- MAY modify or delete any existing `<output>` directories.
+- MAY create new `<output>` directories.
+- MAY name any new `<output>` directories without restrictions except those imposed by the filesystem and the ones noted below.


I'm not quite sure what to make of these bullets. I think they could be removed (when talking about <layers> they make sense but we don't really care about the output directory for extensions, only the files contained there).

platform.md

natalieparellano · 2021-12-09T22:08:00Z

platform.md

+  [-exts <exts>] \
+  [-output <output>] \
+  [-log-level <log-level>] \
+  [-plan <plan>]


What is this for?

platform.md

image-extension.md

natalieparellano · 2021-12-09T22:26:10Z

image-extension.md

+`Dockerfile`s MUST be applied to their corresponding base images after all extensions are executed and before any regular buildpacks are executed. `Dockerfile`s MUST be applied in the order determined during buildpack detection.
+
+All `Dockerfile`s are provided with `base_image` and `build_id` args.
+The `base_image` arg allows the Dockerfile to reference the original base image.


Suggested change

The `base_image` arg allows the Dockerfile to reference the original base image.

The `base_image` arg MUST be the original base image.

natalieparellano · 2021-12-09T22:26:39Z

image-extension.md

+
+All `Dockerfile`s are provided with `base_image` and `build_id` args.
+The `base_image` arg allows the Dockerfile to reference the original base image.
+The `build_id` arg allows the Dockerfile to invalidate the cache after a certain layer and must be defaulted to `0`. The executor of the Dockerfile will provide the `build_id` as a UUID (this eliminates the need to track this variable).


Suggested change

The `build_id` arg allows the Dockerfile to invalidate the cache after a certain layer and must be defaulted to `0`. The executor of the Dockerfile will provide the `build_id` as a UUID (this eliminates the need to track this variable).

The `build_id` arg MUST be a UUID. This allows the Dockerfile to invalidate the cache after a certain layer.

image-extension.md

natalieparellano · 2021-12-09T22:36:41Z

image-extension.md

+
+### Files
+
+#### `extension.toml` (TOML)


We should also mention (somewhere) that meta-buildpacks may not contain extensions.

natalieparellano · 2021-12-09T22:45:34Z

Just making a quick note for posterity on what we'll probably still want to add:

maybe make more clear the distinction between extending the build image vs. the run image (something like "image-extender MAY run within the context of the build container to extend the build image directly prior to buildpack execution"); we could also clarify that extending the build image and extending the run image are likely different phases (or phase executions) that could happen in parallel
probably some updates to the distribution spec for builder changes
updates to the platform spec around rebase (e.g., use of the --force flag)
resolution of current questions around the presence of /cnb/image/genpkgs in the runtime base image
(EDIT: added)
what metadata (if any) should go on the image so that data from previous build extensions can be restored?

Signed-off-by: Joe Kutner <jpkutner@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Jesse Brown <jabrown85@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Joe Kutner <jpkutner@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Natalie Arellano <narellano@vmware.com>

natalieparellano · 2021-12-15T19:44:59Z

I started working on a POC lifecycle that can:

Run /bin/detect for extensions as part of regular detect
Run /bin/build for extensions as a new invocation of build
Together with the "extender" POC that @cmoulliard is working on, this could help uncover the remaining uncertainties that we'll need to resolve in the spec. Some questions and comments so far are noted here and listed below:

Questions around how extensions should be identified in order.toml and group.toml (see RFC comment)

What should be the format of the file that we’re using to pass the Dockerfile paths & args to the extender? And what should be the path (currently using /layers/config/metadata.toml, but we probably want a separate file for extensions and buildpacks)

optional=false is the default value for buildpacks, but optional=true is the default value for extensions - how to handle this cleanly?

We need the build phase for extensions to output plan.toml so that we can filter the plan for buildpacks

What should be the default parent dir for extensions output - maybe /layers/config/ext?

hone · 2022-03-23T18:10:42Z

@jkutner I'm going to closes this in lieu of #298. Feel free to re-open if that's not the case.

Added spec changes for Image Extension

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Signed-off-by: Joe Kutner <jpkutner@gmail.com>

Merge branch 'main' into jkutner/support-dockerfiles

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