Rackslab est fier d’annoncer la sortie de Fatbuildr v2.1.0, avec beaucoup de nouvelles fonctionnalités et corrections de bugs.

Les nouvelles fonctionnalités suivantes sont disponibles:

  • Supports des hooks de tâches pour déclencher des actions (eg. notifications, synchronisation) lorsque les tâches commencent et se terminent.
  • Support de nombreux formats d’images de disques et de conteneurs tels que squashfs, qcow2, images brutes avec partitions GPT (grâce à mkosi 22).
  • Visualisation de la taille des artifacts et du contenu des paquets Deb/RPM directement dans l’interface web.
  • Navigation intégrée du contenu des registres dans l’interface web, en option.
  • Possibilité de définir des dépendances dans les prescripts spécifiques à certains formats ou distributions.
  • Support de l’installation des modules DNS dans les environnements de construction RPM.

Cette nouvelle version inclue également de nombreuses corrections de bugs et des améliorations internes. C’est un nouveau grand pas vers la plus puissante et la plus solide solution logicielle de distribution continue !

Des paquets sont disponibles pour une installation facile sur de nombreuses distributions Linux :

  • RHEL8
  • RHEL9
  • Debian 12 stable « bookworm »
  • Debian 13 testing « trixie »
  • Debian unstable « sid »
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS « jammy »
  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS « noble »
  • Fedora core 39
  • Fedora core 40

Voici le contenu complet de la note de version (en anglais) :

Added

  • Add man command in OSI format container image.
  • Additionally to *.tar images, publish OSI registry all other images formats supported by mkosi (#112).
  • Give the possibility to run OSI builds directly on host instead of container to support images formats for which mkosi utility require access to loop devices (#111).
  • Support multiples OSI images in the checksum file published in the same registry derivative directory (#114).
  • Possiblity to define patches templates with variables to replace (#128).
  • Support generation of prescript tarballs with subdirectory at any depth in source tree (#154).
  • Support distribution and format specific tokens of prescript rules to allow definition of different values for different distributions and formats (#156).
  • Support installation of DNF modules as prescript dependencies for RPM packages builds (#155).
  • Automatically exclude from generated archive files untracked by git (ex: referenced in .gitignore) when building or managing patches from local source tree with initialized git repository (#153).
  • Possibility to declare in instance pipelines definitions DNF modules to enable in Mock build environments (#163).
  • Add reference to build task ID and instance name in RPM/deb package changelog entries (#15).
  • Add result exportable field to all runnable tasks.
  • Possibility to execute hook program before and after tasks are run (#19).
  • Add prep templating variable for RPM spec files as shorthand for prep_sources and prep_patches (#89).
  • Bash completion script for fatbuildrctl (#28).
  • cli:
    • Possibility to list artifacts in registries in remote instance with the REST API (#141)
    • Possibility to remove artifacts from registries in remote instance with the REST API (#142)
    • Add --include-git-untracked option to build and patches commands to avoid automatic exclusion from generated archive of files untracked by git in local source tree.
    • Possibility to execute command in arguments of images shell and images env-shell (#98).
    • Support $FATBUILDR_URI environment variable to override value in user preferences file (#124).
    • Add git message template for patches to help filling and formatting patches metadata with expected fields and values (#30).
    • Add --batch option to fatbuildrctl keyring command for keyring creation and renewal tasks.
    • Add size attribute to artifacts found in registry.
  • web:
    • Report fatbuildr version in footer of fatbuildrweb HTML pages (#108).
    • Support file listing and folders browsing in registries (#65).
    • List RPM/Deb binary artifacts content (#22).
    • Display artifacts sizes in derivatives and artifacts pages of the web interface (#23).
  • api:
    • Add edit-registry permission action.
    • Possibility to remove artifact from registries with DELETE verb on artifact route.
    • Introduce ArtifactContent objects.
    • Add content key in ArtifactDescription object associated to a list of ArtifactContent objects for Deb and RPM binary packages.
    • Add size attribute to Artifact objects.
  • conf:
    • Add containerized parameter in [format:osi] section.
    • Add exec_cmd and exec_tmpfile parameters in [format:deb] and [format:rpm] sections.
    • Add support of multiple build environments initialization commands.
    • Add optional env_default_modules parameter in [format:rpm] section.
    • Add listing boolean parameter in [web] section to control activation of listing feature in fatbuildrweb.
    • Add hook parameter in [tasks] section.
  • pkgs:
    • Add patch to define upstream version at build time.
    • Install tasks hooks examples uncompressed.
    • Install default system-wide git commit message template for patches in both Deb and RPM packages.
    • Install fatbuildrctl bash completion script in both Deb and RPM packages.
    • Install fatbuildr tmpfiles.d configuration.
    • Add bootstrap-icon additional source archive.
    • Install bootstrap icon fonts in Deb and RPM packages.
  • dbus:
    • Add ArtifactDeleteAs method to org.rackslab.Fatbuildr.Instance object to submit artifact deletion task with another user identity.
    • Add ArtifactContent method to org.rackslab.Fatbuildr.Instance object to retrieve the content of binary artifacts.
    • Add command argument to ImageShell method.
    • Add command argument to ImageEnvironmentShell method.
  • polkit: Add org.rackslab.Fatbuildr.edit-registry-as action.
  • docs:
    • Mention containerized parameter in [format:osi] section of system configuration.
    • Mention exec_cmd and exec_tmpfile parameters in [format:deb] and [format:rpm] sections of system configuration.
    • Mention new env_default_modules optional parameter in [format:rpm] section of system configuration.
    • Mention listing parameter in [web] section of system configuration.
    • Mention hook parameter in [tasks] section of system configuration.
    • Mention new modules optional parameter for RPM distributions in instance pipelines definitions.
    • Document patches DEP-3 metadata support with Fatbuildr specific fields and their management with fatbuildrctl patches subcommand.
    • Mention patches deb822 Template field and the patches templating feature.
    • Mention possibility of missing JWT signing key for REST API HTTP/404 reponse code.
    • Document impact of HTTP reverse proxies buffering on tasks output streams with mention of possible configuration settings.
    • Document HTTP reverse proxies settings of interest to allow submission of large artifact builds and avoid timeout in live task output.
    • Mention org.rackslab.Fatbuildr.edit-registry-as Polkit action.
    • Mention edit-registry REST API permission action.
    • Mention REST API route to delete artifact.
    • Mention syntax, usage and behaviour of distribution and format specific tokens of prescript rules.
    • Mention possibility to install DNF modules as prescript dependencies with module: prefix.
    • Mention new --include-git-untracked option for build and patches commands in fatbuildrctl manpage.
    • Mention new command option for images shell and images env-shell commands in fatbuildrctl manpage.
    • Mention support of $FATBUILDR_URI environment variable in fatbuildrctl manpage.
    • Explain upstream debian/ directory in present artifact archives is removed and replaced by Fatbuildr during Deb packages builds.
    • Add two examples of tasks hooks in Python:
      • Basic hook to send syslog message.
      • Advanced hook to send custom notifications messages (based on templates) on Matrix room.
    • Add Tasks Hooks page.
    • Mention new prep templating variable in artifact definition reference documentation for RPM spec files.
    • Mention new commit_template parameter in user preferences documentation in fatbuildrctl manpage.
    • Mention new --batch option for fatbuildrctl keyring command in manpage.
    • Mention content section in binary artifact web interface page.
    • Mention content key in ArtifactDescription object and introduce ArtifactContent object in REST API reference documentation.
    • Mention new size property of Artifact object in REST API reference documentation.

Changed

  • Rename Mock and Cowbuilder build environments to add fatbuildr- prefix.
  • Support mkosi v22 in osi image (#173).
  • Factorize RPM repository updates by running it once for all packages that share the same architecture (#49).
  • Replace fatbuildrd service runtime directory by fatbuildr tmpfiles.d configuration with POSIX ACL to give access to subdirectories to fatbuildr system user and benefit from automatic cleanup by systemd-tmpfiles.
  • cli: Watch task output by default when submitting tasks. The -w, --watch option is replaced by the opposite --batch option to submit tasks in background (#123).
  • conf:
    • Rename init_cmd→init_cmds parameter in [format:deb] and [format:rpm] sections of system configuration.
    • Bump Fedora release from 38 to 40 in rpm and osi container images.
    • Install all mkosi 22 optional dependencies required to get all features and assign newuidmap/newgidmap ranges for Fatbuildr system user in osi container image.
    • Install podman for Mock in rpm container image.
  • docs:
    • Update table of available remote features with new registry content listing and artifact deletion possibilities.
    • Mention possibility of HTTP/404 response code on supported derivative in REST API reference.
    • Split documentation of images command options by subcommands in manpage.
    • Replace -w, --watch option by opposite --batch option in manpage.
    • Remove mention of --watch options in various pages of documentation.
    • Use fatbuildrctl shell images <command> in troubleshooting page.
    • Rename init_cmd→init_cmds parameter in [format:deb] and [format:rpm] sections of system configuration.
    • Mention usage of %autopatch macro behind prep_patches templating variable in artifact definition reference documentation for RPM spec files.
    • Update supported Linux distributions in quickstart guide (drop Debian 11, Fedora 37-38, add Debian 13, Ubuntu 24.04, RHEL9, Fedora 38-40).
  • pkgs:
    • Use new prep variable in Fatbuildr RPM package spec file template.
    • Bump boostrap version to 5.3.3.

Fixed

  • Fix crash on client side when loading artifact definition for OSI builds (#100).
  • Fix crash due to concatation with incompatible types when defining the full release for OSI build on server side (#101).
  • Add apt command in container for OSI image to meet Debian and Ubuntu based images build requirements (#102).
  • Fix systemd-nspawn execution error through mkosi in OSI format container caused by unavailability of DBus system session (#103).
  • Fix GPG keys unsupported filetype error when running apt-get update on build of Debian OSI images due to missing cmp command (#104).
  • Search mkosi output image and checksum file in distro~release subdirectory in OSI builds (#105).
  • Fix permission error on OSI artifacts produced by mkosi by faking sudo environment (#106).
  • Fix AttributeError in fatbuildrd when publishing OSI artifacts (#107).
  • Make RegistryOsi ensure instance registry directory exists (#109).
  • Add missing chattr command in OSI container image (#110).
  • Fix wrongly filtered out files containing debian or .git words in their path when building local archive on build submission (#113).
  • Fix unusable version.dist variable in packaging code templates (#116).
  • Fix crash on build on unsupported derivative in instance pipelines (#117).
  • Fix crash on retrieving derivative version in artifact definition (#118).
  • Fix crash when main archive source is not defined on build of Deb or RPM package (#119).
  • Fix crash on missing checksum for a specific version in artifact definition file (#125).
  • Fix crash in fatbuildrweb 404 error handler when HTTP request view arguments are not defined due to error during view matching (#126).
  • Fix retrieval of instances list in DBus and fatbuildrweb when default instance is not defined (#127).
  • Fix crash in fatbuildrctl when user preferences file is missing (#130).
  • Fix crash in fatbuildrd when running containers with empty init_opts in site configuration file (#131).
  • Return HTTP/404 with appropriate error message instead of HTTP/500 (internal error) when trying to access exported armored public key on nonexistent keyring with fatbuildrweb (#133).
  • Report error properly with fatbuildrctl when remote HTTP instance replies with internal error and HTTP/500 (#136).
  • Report meaningful error message instead of generic HTTP/500 internal error when authenticating with JWT token on unexisting remote HTTP instance (#137).
  • Fix crash with when watching streamed tasks output with HTTP REST API (#138).
  • Avoid buffering with HTTP response headers on reverse proxies (#139).
  • Fix crash of fatbuildrweb on builds with unsupported derivative (#149).
  • Fix crash of fatbuildrctl on unexpected end of task output (#147)
  • Fix crash of fatbuildrctl on task output connection closed by HTTP reverse proxy (#148).
  • Sanitize PRESCRIPT_TARBALLS names for correct detection by Debian build system.
  • Enable network access to run prescript in Mock during RPM build.
  • Prescript failure due to missing groupadd/useradd commands (passwd package) in Debian sid build environment (#169).
  • Conflict between fatbuildrctl --uri option and fatbuildrctl tokens save --uri option that prevent fatbuildrctl tokens generate from connecting to an instance other than the default (#168).
  • Support artifact archive with existing debian/ folder. During deb packages builds, this upstream debian/ folder is removed and replaced by one generated with the artifact definition (#174).
  • Detect console unix socket closed by server, generally due to unexpected fatbuildrd error, in order to avoid endless loop and properly stop the console on client side (fatbuildrctl and fatbuildrweb) with error message.
  • Check OSI artifact checksum file is properly created by mkosi or raise task execution error to report in task journal.
  • Check container image and build environment exist or fail with appropriate error at the beginning of build tasks (#17).
  • Fix fatbuildrctl crash when RPM spec file is not found (#165).
  • Use modern %autopatch macro instead of loop of %patchN to avoid deprecated syntax error during RPM packages builds (#170).
  • Fix crash of fatbuildrctl on missing source definition in YAML artifact definition file (#171).
  • Handle JSON decode error in fatbuildrctl in case of unexpected failure in fatbuildrweb (#146).
  • Report error instead of crashing in fatbuildrctl when unable to find format corresponding to a given distribution with fatbuildrweb REST API (#172).
  • Validate keyring renewal duration format in server-side fatbuildrd and client-side fatbuildrctl (#31).
  • Fix reporting of keyring errors during keyring creation and renewal tasks execution.
  • Drop off artifact and sources archives tarballs in subdirectory of fatbuildr runtime directory to avoid potential collisions between multiple builds in queue (#179).
  • Fix flask.helpers locked_cached_property import error in recent versions of Flask (#190).
  • docs:
    • Add missing path parameter in REST API to retrieve artifact information.
    • Add missing optional architectures parameter in instances pipelines definitions reference documentation.
  • pkgs: Add missing dependency on patch package (#145).

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