Stevedore is a tool for building Docker images at scale, and it is not intended to replace Dockerfile or Buildkit. Instead, Stevedore can be used in conjunction with these tools to help streamline the process of building and promoting multiple Docker images.
One of the key benefits of using Stevedore is that it provides a consistent way to build Docker images and its descendant images, which can be helpful when dealing with large and complex projects that require multiple images. You can also create a more efficient and automated process for building and promoting Docker images.
Overall, Stevedore is a useful tool for anyone who needs to build and manage large numbers of Docker images, and it can help to improve the experience of building and promoting Docker images at scale.
Stevedore simplifies the building of Docker images in a standardized way, with the ability to define relationships between them. You can build images from multiple sources, including local files and git repositories, and generate automatic tags for semantic versioning.
Stevedore also offers a credentials store for easy authentication to Docker registries and AWS ECR, making image promotion and pushing seamless.
To install Stevedore, use the script provided on the repository:
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gostevedore/stevedore/main/scripts/install.sh)"Alternatively, you can visit the installation guide for other methods.
- Create a folder structure to store image definitions and builder configurations before building Docker images.
/ $ mkdir -p /docker/images /docker/builders- Initialize Stevedore.
We create a configuration file for this guide, but it can be also defined on environment variables.
/ $ cd /docker
/docker $ stevedore initialize --builders-path builders --credentials-storage-type local --generate-credentials-encryption-key --images-path images --log-path-file /dev/null
Stevedore configuration successfully createdAfter running this command, you can validate the configuration by using the get configuration subcommand.
/docker $ stevedore get configuration
builders_path: builders
concurrency: 4
semantic_version_tags_enabled: false
images_path: images
log_path: /dev/null
push_images: false
semantic_version_tags_templates:
- {{ .Major }}.{{ .Minor }}.{{ .Patch }}
credentials:
storage_type: local
format: json
encryption_key: 1c591ac2d9c2664db265704052c17a67- Create credentials to log into the Docker registry.
Since you create a credential using a username and password, Stevedore prompts you to enter a password for the specified username.
/docker $ stevedore create credentials registry.stevedore.test --username admin
Password:
Credentials 'registry.stevedore.test' successfully created- Validate that the credentials have been stored.
/docker $ stevedore get credentials
ID TYPE CREDENTIALS
registry.stevedore.test username-password username=adminStevedore’s configuration encrypts the credentials content at rest by providing an encryption key.
/docker $ cat credentials/82e99d42ee1191bb42fbfb444920104d
2d067af765e8de39fd76b5cd1a430768a66464208bf8fe0c092bcb146a24feed377b916952494e6cea55187f397aee8c2d90a55ef9882cf85ee97ed5660700afa002767e028b4ea6bde274a524e7100f5729601f2d44caa08a1a102af7f79079723f35953133be56e31d0eaf44f52255a5c94512c74625dca3f00b77f9031d4f48f5cf38293f7a2a90f727c9a5eedf57e001ea8766a6d1e47d20354ad3ca6cf022ee70b97b3598e7377355a7b52f62fab8b6628b230c33cf0234ea1208c0d6ecef65e8e1206e7daf15acbbfb62d77650982c9f487129534b367a7fc2b519fd04538bffe87e57184adabc57e613be4b0e106480f9078c8c1c916b65de0039a3adc6cea70b962c0d93477e114e25a2a160db0218e9312d0df00d9b1044e0b4981982834094a36d8d9e4fd9ed766605c1a0b43ff11219d6e5bebb414e084102ce8cd57e86a658455de5fff927ba9be039be4afd393b7e8137cdefb268ed7c79ff37a60c1be3693372d7890b9f8f7c81fa559719ff83371e080efaee86b239e127a094136d056641a4a58245f71414b53dd96214149c6f54de055064163fa9dcb0a6b274d9269a49e1e4f76a9c0a89ec12d40c577ea1b5c1b3f9f8454f5473518c58e8c139a96335850a6415df7e2d41f5ab383f85d30281fd29493db0f0fb577aba35326cd5063b463a41161888514dbce09ccea5887494733256d74341e2623a5328c656In this section, we create an application that has multiple versions and needs to be built from multiple parents.
- Prepare the application.
First, let's create the application directory and the Dockerfile.
Note that we use the Dockerfile arguments image_from_name and image_from_tag, which are automatically generated by Stevedore to provide information about the parent image. Additionally, any arguments defined in the vars or persistent_vars attributes of the image definition can be used in the Dockerfile when building the image.
/ $ mkdir -p /apps/my-app
/ $ cd /apps/my-app
/apps/my-app $ cat << EOF > Dockerfile
ARG image_from_name
ARG image_from_tag
FROM \${image_from_name}:\${image_from_tag}
CMD ["echo","Hey there!"]
EOF- Define a builder.
Next, we need to define the builder for our application. Take into account that to build all the versions in a standardized way we define a single builder, which uses the same Dockerfile.
/ $ cd /docker/builders
/docker/builders $ cat << EOF > apps.yaml
builders:
my-app:
driver: docker
options:
context:
- path: /apps/my-app
EOFTo confirm that the builder is already available, use the following command:
/ $ cd /docker
/docker $ stevedore get builders
NAME DRIVER
my-apps docker- Define the foundational images, the parent images.
Before creating the image definitions for our application, we define the base images that will serve as a starting point for building the Docker images.
/ $ cd /docker/images
/docker/images $ cat << EOF > foundational.yaml
images:
busybox:
"1.36":
persistent_labels:
created_at: "{{ .DateRFC3339Nano }}"
"1.35":
persistent_labels:
created_at: "{{ .DateRFC3339Nano }}"
EOFThe persistent_labels attribute sets in key-value pairs the labels to add on all images built from the parent image. Currently, the created_at label sets the current date and time in RFC3339Nano format.
NOTE: Stevedore uses Go's text/template package to render the image definitions.
- Specify the image definitions for the application.
In this step, we define two versions of the application my-app in the applications.yaml file, version 2.1.0 and 3.2.1.
/docker/images $ cat << EOF > applications.yaml
images:
my-app:
"2.1.0":
name: "{{ .Name }}"
version: "{{ .Version }}-{{ .Parent.Name }}{{ .Parent.Version }}"
registry: registry.stevedore.test
builder: my-app
parents:
busybox:
- "1.35"
"3.2.1":
name: "{{ .Name }}"
version: "{{ .Version }}-{{ .Parent.Name }}{{ .Parent.Version }}"
registry: registry.stevedore.test
builder: my-app
parents:
busybox:
- "1.35"
- "1.36"
EOFThe name is set to {{ .Name }} which will be replaced by the actual name of the image. The version is set to {{ .Version }}-{{ .Parent.Name }}{{ .Parent.Version }} which will be replaced by the actual version of the image and its parent name and version. The builder is set to my-app, which is the global-builder previously defined in the /docker/builders/apps.yaml file. The parents are set to busybox:1.35 for 2.1.0 version, busybox:1.35 and busybox:1.36 for the 3.2.1 version.
You can use the following command to ensure that images are already defined.
/ $ cd /docker
/docker $ stevedore get images --tree
├─── busybox:1.35
│ ├─── registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35
│ ├─── registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35
├─── busybox:1.36
│ ├─── registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36- Build the Docker images.
Create all the Docker images for our application at the same time, with just one command.
/docker $ stevedore build my-app
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 Step 1/7 : ARG image_from_name
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 Step 2/7 : ARG image_from_tag
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 Step 3/7 : FROM ${image_from_name}:${image_from_tag}
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 Step 1/7 : ARG image_from_name
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 Step 2/7 : ARG image_from_tag
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 Step 3/7 : FROM ${image_from_name}:${image_from_tag}
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 Step 1/7 : ARG image_from_name
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 Step 2/7 : ARG image_from_tag
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 Step 3/7 : FROM ${image_from_name}:${image_from_tag}
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ‣ 1.36: Pulling from library/busybox
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ‣ 205dae5015e7: Pull complete
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ‣ Digest: sha256:7b3ccabffc97de872a30dfd234fd972a66d247c8cfc69b0550f276481852627c
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ‣ Status: Downloaded newer image for busybox:1.36
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ---> 66ba00ad3de8
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 Step 4/7 : ARG message=my-app!
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ---> Running in 7abead2499e1
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ---> 5f0e093a1a94
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ‣ 1.35: Pulling from library/busybox
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ‣ 1.35: Pulling from library/busybox
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ‣ 2461e8255644: Pull complete
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ‣ 2461e8255644: Pull complete
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ‣ Digest: sha256:f4ed5f2163110c26d42741fdc92bd1710e118aed4edb19212548e8ca4e5fca22
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ‣ Status: Downloaded newer image for busybox:1.35
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ---> f68fa78323e7
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 Step 4/7 : ARG message=my-app!
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ‣ Digest: sha256:f4ed5f2163110c26d42741fdc92bd1710e118aed4edb19212548e8ca4e5fca22
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ‣ Status: Image is up to date for busybox:1.35
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ---> f68fa78323e7
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 Step 4/7 : ARG message=my-app!
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ---> Running in 72d2a3a19bd5
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ---> Running in d317a4adc9a3
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ---> 0116092ba9da
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 Step 5/7 : RUN echo "Hey there! Welcome to ${message}" > /message.txt
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ---> 03bf5a7e8561
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 Step 5/7 : RUN echo "Hey there! Welcome to ${message}" > /message.txt
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ---> Running in a4c2d4b4ccb4
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ---> Running in 41aacd4c92a7
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ---> 5de239d250df
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 Step 6/7 : CMD ["cat","/message.txt"]
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ---> Running in 0c32a6be979e
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ---> e50f09eee688
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 Step 7/7 : LABEL created_at=2023-02-03T22:42:55.122127826Z
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ---> Running in 4068fc05135e
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ---> d56ea6314840
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ‣ sha256:d56ea631484054906c3daa8289b064b91725714ddcda4e3874d1e0a7b6561c49
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 Successfully built d56ea6314840
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 Successfully tagged registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ---> 75869c3433a5
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 Step 6/7 : CMD ["cat","/message.txt"]
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ---> Running in 761056fa55b5
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ---> 3e4e261bed5a
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 Step 7/7 : LABEL created_at=2023-02-03T22:42:55.121439497Z
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ---> Running in f03539b96af7
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ---> 2e362f2c8f26
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 ‣ sha256:2e362f2c8f265633aec978d68ab5dc1e57efbf27cc2fe442dd8b88c4d82e6582
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 Successfully built 2e362f2c8f26
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35 Successfully tagged registry.stevedore.test/my-app:2.1.0-busybox1.35
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ---> 0fa400361b6b
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 Step 6/7 : CMD ["cat","/message.txt"]
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ---> Running in 1ff331631429
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ---> 778d69df86fa
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 Step 7/7 : LABEL created_at=2023-02-03T22:42:55.121439497Z
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ---> Running in 07ed3cc21395
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ---> 612c3f025134
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 ‣ sha256:612c3f02513437418e3bd10f784af44efe09b36583b3c1b9ba54138d3158f1f4
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 Successfully built 612c3f025134
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35 Successfully tagged registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.35Validate the recently created images.
/docker $ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
registry.stevedore.test/my-app 3.2.1-busybox1.35 612c3f025134 2 minutes ago 4.86MB
registry.stevedore.test/my-app 3.2.1-busybox1.36 d56ea6314840 2 minutes ago 4.87MB
registry.stevedore.test/my-app 2.1.0-busybox1.35 2e362f2c8f26 2 minutes ago 4.86MB
busybox 1.36 66ba00ad3de8 4 weeks ago 4.87MB
busybox 1.35 f68fa78323e7 6 weeks ago 4.86MBNow that we already have the images created, and since we did not set the push after the build flag, we promote the images to the Docker registry and push them to the stable namespace.
/docker $ stevedore promote registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 --promote-image-registry-namespace stable
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ‣ The push refers to repository [registry.stevedore.test/stable/my-app]
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ‣ b64792c17e4a: Pushed
registry.stevedore.test/my-app:3.2.1-busybox1.36 ‣ 3.2.1-busybox1.36: digest: sha256:b1aa5de2f4bf9c031a2047a87fb5c556d0d436123316cad81078462648e58d4b size: 528The Stevedore project offers a collection of illustrative examples showcasing the usage of Stevedore. These examples can be found in the examples folder, providing practical insights and guidance on utilizing Stevedore effectively.
Thank you for your interest in contributing to Stevedore! All contributions are welcome, whether they are bug reports, feature requests, or code contributions. Please read the contributor's guide in Stevedore documentation to know more about how to contribute.