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ASF subversion and git services commented on OFBIZ-12757:
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Commit b6af48e97329d99d50648e0174aaa96dcff5cb12 in ofbiz-framework's branch 
refs/heads/experimental-docker from Daniel Watford
[ https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ofbiz-framework.git;h=b6af48e973 ]

Added: GitHub Actions to build docker image (OFBIZ-12757)


> Experiment with deploying OFBiz containers to the demo sites server
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-12757
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-12757
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Demo
>    Affects Versions: Upcoming Branch
>            Reporter: Daniel Watford
>            Assignee: Daniel Watford
>            Priority: Trivial
>
> This ticket has been created to track and report on progress with deploying 
> OFBiz to the demo server (ofbiz-vm1.apache.org) using docker containers.
> The rest of this ticket's description is an excerpt from a message sent to 
> the PMC requesting server access and describing the intention behind the 
> request. It is included here are it gives an overview of the experiment:
>  
> ... I would like to explore the configuration of the VM and experiment with 
> hosting an instance of OFBiz in a docker container.
>  
> If experimentation with container based deployments of OFBiz demo sites is 
> successful, I believe the project could leverage such deployments in future 
> to avoid issues around the installed JDK version not being compatible with 
> all current demo sites.
> h1. Proposed approach:
>  * Create a branch in the ofbiz-framework repository from trunk where 
> Dockerfiles and other changes to the build process needed to produce Docker 
> containers for demo sites can be implemented.
>  * Create one or more CNAME DNS entries, pointing to 
> [ofbiz-vm1.apache.org|http://ofbiz-vm1.apache.org/], which can be used to 
> access any experimental container-based demo site instances.
>  * Deploy Traefik as a reverse proxy to access the experimental demo sites, 
> assuming this approach does not conflict with any reverse proxy solution 
> already in place on the VM - hence the need to gain access and explore the 
> current server configuration.
>  * Create build configuration(s) for the new branch to build the 
> ofbiz-framework as a container image with pre-loaded demo data, and push the 
> container image to an appropriate container repository.
>  * Implement scripts at the VM to pull and deploy the latest version of the 
> demo container image daily.
> h1. Items to explore/resolve:
> h2. How should we build container images? 
> We should be able to use either BuildBot or GitHub Actions for this. I assume 
> BuildBot is preferred since we already have builds running in that service 
> and it is managed directly by the ASF.
> h2. Where should we store built container images? 
> Infra have advised (via Slack) that the ASF has a space within Docker Hub and 
> also has an Artifactory instance ([apache.jfrog.io|http://apache.jfrog.io/]). 
> It looks like we are free to use either to host container images. I imagine 
> we would want to use whichever service helps us manage the lifecycle of 
> container images (e.g. expire older images).
> h2. How to create DNS entries?
> I imagine Infra will advise.
> h1. Expected benefits if experiment is successful:
>  * All dependencies used by OFBiz, including the JDK, are packaged in the 
> container image. We should be able to deploy different instances of OFBiz on 
> the same VM without fear of JDK version clash.
>  * Act as a catalyst to help the project settle on an approach to 
> containerisation and further alter OFBiz to better support container 
> deployments.
>  * Provide an alternative deployment option for users to deploy and evaluate 
> OFBiz.
>  * Help committers test PRs:
>  ** I often test PRs by creating a trunk container image with demo data 
> loaded. From this I then create a second image, specific to the PR under 
> test, which is fast to build and load since the bulk of computation and data 
> processing has already been handled in the base image. Once testing is 
> complete I throw away the second image and can quickly resume work from the 
> base image.
> h1. Future work if experiment is successful:
>  * Incorporate container build scripts into trunk.
>  * Build versions of the OFBiz demo container that include plugins.
>  * Start using containers for demo site deployments.
>  * Promote containers as a supported deployment mechanism:
>  ** Develop guidance for connecting OFBiz containers with external databases.
>  ** See this GitHub repository for a setup of OFBiz with PostgreSQL: 
> [danwatford/docker-postgres-ofbiz 
> (github.com)|https://github.com/danwatford/docker-postgres-ofbiz]
>  



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