[ovs-discuss] OVS/OVN docker image for each stable release

aginwala aginwala at asu.edu
Fri Nov 8 22:41:40 UTC 2019


openvswitch.ko ships default with newer kernel but if we want to use say
stt, we need to build it with respective kernel for host on which we will
run. Hence, to skip host level installation , we pack the modules in
container.

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 2:37 PM Guru Shetty <guru at ovn.org> wrote:

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>
> On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 at 14:18, aginwala <aginwala at asu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi all:
>>
>>
>> I have pushed two images to public openvswitch org on docker.io for ovs
>> and ovn;
>> OVS for ubuntu with 4.15 kernel:
>> *openvswitch/ovs:2.12.0_debian_4.15.0-66-generic*
>>
>
> Why is the kernel important here? Is the OVS kernel module being packed?
>
>
>>              run as : docker run -itd --net=host --name=ovsdb-server
>> openvswitch/ovs:2.12.0_debian_4.15.0-66-generic ovsdb-server
>>                         docker run -itd --net=host --name=ovs-vswitchd
>>  --volumes-from=ovsdb-server --privileged
>> openvswitch/ovs:2.12.0_debian_4.15.0-66-generic ovs-vswitchd
>>
>> OVN debian docker image:  *openvswitch/ovn:2.12_e60f2f2_debian_master*
>> as we don't have a branch cut out for ovn yet. (Hence, tagged it with last
>> commit on master)
>>     Follow steps as per:
>> https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn/blob/master/Documentation/intro/install/general.rst
>>
>>
>> Thanks Guru for sorting out the access/cleanups for openvswitch org on
>> docker.io.
>>
>> We can plan to align this docker push for each stable release ahead.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 10:17 AM aginwala <aginwala at asu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Guru:
>>>
>>> Sounds good. Can you please grant user aginwala as admin? I can create
>>> two repos ovs and ovn under openvswitch org and can push new stable release
>>> versions there.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 10:04 AM Guru Shetty <guru at ovn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 at 09:53, Guru Shetty <guru at ovn.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I had created a openvswitch repo in docker as a placeholder. Happy to
>>>>> provide it to whoever the admin is.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i.e. You can use the keyword "openvswitch". For e.g., right now, it has
>>>> one stale image.
>>>>
>>>> docker run -d --net=none openvswitch/ipam:v2.4.90 /bin/sh -c "while
>>>> true; do echo hello world; sleep 1; done"
>>>>
>>>> So if we want the name "openvswitch", this is one option. If we prefer
>>>> ovs/ovn or other keywords, then the admin can create a new one.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 at 13:15, aginwala <aginwala at asu.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As discussed in the meeting today, we all agreed that it will be a
>>>>>> good idea to push docker images for each new ovs/ovn stable release. Hence,
>>>>>> need help from maintainers Ben/Mark/Justin/Han to address some open action
>>>>>> items as it is more of org/ownership/rights related:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    1. Get new repo created under docker.io with name either ovs/ovn
>>>>>>    and declare it public repo
>>>>>>    2. How about copy-rights for running images for open source
>>>>>>    projects
>>>>>>    3. Storage: unlimited or some limited GBs
>>>>>>    4. Naming conventions for docker images ;e.g
>>>>>>    openswitch/ovn:2.13.1_debian or openswitch/ovn:2.13.1_rhel.
>>>>>>    Similar for ovs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once this is done, we can bundle docker image changes in the same
>>>>>> release process
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please feel free to add any missing piece.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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