Chapter 6. Build triggers Build triggers are automated mechanisms that start a container image build when specific conditions are met, such as changes to source code, updates to dependencies, or creating a webhook call . These triggers help automate the image-building process and ensure that the container images are always up-to-date without manual intervention. The following sections cover content related to creating a build trigger, tag naming conventions, how to skip a source control-triggered build, starting a build , or manually triggering a build . 6.1. Creating a build trigger The following procedure sets up a custom Git trigger . A custom Git trigger is a generic way for any Git server to act as a build trigger . It relies solely on SSH keys and webhook endpoints. Creating a custom Git trigger is similar to the creation of any other trigger, with the exception of the following: These steps can be replicated to create a build trigger using Github, Gitlab, or Bitbucket, however, you must configure the credentials for these services in your config.yaml file. Note If you want to use Github to create a build trigger , you must configure Github to be used with Red Hat Quay by creating an OAuth application. For more information, see "Creating an OAuth application Github". Prerequisites For Red Hat Quay on OpenShift Container Platform deployments, you have configured your OpenShift Container Platform environment for either bare metal builds or virtual builds . Procedure Log in to your Red Hat Quay registry. In the navigation pane, click Repositories . Click Create Repository . Click the Builds tab. On the Builds page, click Create Build Trigger . Select the desired platform, for example, Github , Bitbucket , Gitlab , or use a custom Git repository. For this example, click Custom Git Repository Push . Enter a custom Git repository name, for example, git@github.com:<username>/<repo>.git . Then, click . When prompted, configure the tagging options by selecting one of, or both of, the following options: Tag manifest with the branch or tag name . When selecting this option, the built manifest the name of the branch or tag for the git commit are tagged. Add latest tag if on default branch . When selecting this option, the built manifest with latest if the build occurred on the default branch for the repository are tagged. Optionally, you can add a custom tagging template. There are multiple tag templates that you can enter here, including using short SHA IDs, timestamps, author names, committer, and branch names from the commit as tags. For more information, see "Tag naming for build triggers". After you have configured tagging, click . When prompted, select the location of the Dockerfile to be built when the trigger is invoked. If the Dockerfile is located at the root of the git repository and named Dockerfile, enter /Dockerfile as the Dockerfile path. Then, click . When prompted, select the context for the Docker build. If the Dockerfile is located at the root of the Git repository, enter / as the build context directory. Then, click . Optional. Choose an optional robot account. This allows you to pull a private base image during the build process. If you know that a private base image is not used, you can skip this step. Click . Check for any verification warnings. If necessary, fix the issues before clicking Finish . You are alerted that the trigger has been successfully activated. Note that using this trigger requires the following actions: You must give the following public key read access to the git repository. You must set your repository to POST to the following URL to trigger a build. Save the SSH Public Key, then click Return to <organization_name>/<repository_name> . You are redirected to the Builds page of your repository. On the Builds page, you now have a build trigger . For example: After you have created a custom Git trigger, additional steps are required. Continue on to "Setting up a custom Git trigger". If you are setting up a build trigger for Github, Gitlab, or Bitbucket, continue on to "Manually triggering a build". 6.1.1. Setting up a custom Git trigger After you have created a custom Git trigger , two additional steps are required: You must provide read access to the SSH public key that is generated when creating the trigger. You must setup a webhook that POSTs to the Red Hat Quay endpoint to trigger the build. These steps are only required if you are using a custom Git trigger . 6.1.1.1. Obtaining build trigger credentials The SSH public key and Webhook Endpoint URL are available on the Red Hat Quay UI. Prerequisites You have created a custom Git trigger . Procedure On the Builds page of your repository, click the menu kebab for your custom Git trigger . Click View Credentials . Save the SSH Public Key and Webhook Endpoint URL. The key and the URL are available by selecting View Credentials from the Settings , or gear icon. View and modify tags from your repository 6.1.1.1.1. SSH public key access Depending on the Git server configuration, there are multiple ways to install the SSH public key that generates for a custom Git trigger. For example, documentation for Getting Git on a Server describes a describes how to set up a Git server on a Linux-based machine with a focus on managing repositories and access control through SSH. In this procedure, a small server is set up to add the keys to the USDHOME/.ssh/authorize_keys folder, which provides access for builders to clone the repository. For any Git repository management software that is not officially supported, there is usually a location to input the key that is often labeled as Deploy Keys . 6.1.1.1.2. Webhook To automatically trigger a build, you must POST a .json payload to the webhook URL using the following format: Note This request requires a Content-Type header containing application/json in order to be valid. Example webhook { "commit": "1c002dd", // required "ref": "refs/heads/master", // required "default_branch": "master", // required "commit_info": { // optional "url": "gitsoftware.com/repository/commits/1234567", // required "message": "initial commit", // required "date": "timestamp", // required "author": { // optional "username": "user", // required "avatar_url": "gravatar.com/user.png", // required "url": "gitsoftware.com/users/user" // required }, "committer": { // optional "username": "user", // required "avatar_url": "gravatar.com/user.png", // required "url": "gitsoftware.com/users/user" // required } } } This can typically be accomplished with a post-receive Git hook , however it does depend on your server setup. 6.1.2. Tag naming for build triggers Custom tags are available for use in Red Hat Quay. One option is to include any string of characters assigned as a tag for each built image. Alternatively, you can use the following tag templates on the Configure Tagging section of the build trigger to tag images with information from each commit: USD{commit} : Full SHA of the issued commit USD{parsed_ref.branch} : Branch information (if available) USD{parsed_ref.tag} : Tag information (if available) USD{parsed_ref.remote} : The remote name USD{commit_info.date} : Date when the commit was issued USD{commit_info.author.username} : Username of the author of the commit USD{commit_info.short_sha} : First 7 characters of the commit SHA USD{committer.properties.username} : Username of the committer This list is not complete, but does contain the most useful options for tagging purposes. You can find the complete tag template schema on this page . For more information, see Set up custom tag templates in build triggers for Red Hat Quay and Quay.io . 6.1.3. Skipping a source control-triggered build To specify that a commit should be ignored by the build system, add the text [skip build] or [build skip] anywhere in your commit message. 6.2. Manually triggering a build Builds can be triggered manually by using the following procedure. Procedure On the Builds page, Start new build . When prompted, select Invoke Build Trigger . Click Run Trigger Now to manually start the process. Enter a commit ID from which to initiate the build, for example, 1c002dd . After the build starts, you can see the build ID on the Repository Builds page. You can check the status of your build by clicking the commit in the Build History page, or by running the following command: Example output After the build has completed, the oc get pods -n virtual-builders command returns no resources: USD oc get pods -n virtual-builders Example output

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{ "commit": "1c002dd", // required "ref": "refs/heads/master", // required "default_branch": "master", // required "commit_info": { // optional "url": "gitsoftware.com/repository/commits/1234567", // required "message": "initial commit", // required "date": "timestamp", // required "author": { // optional "username": "user", // required "avatar_url": "gravatar.com/user.png", // required "url": "gitsoftware.com/users/user" // required }, "committer": { // optional "username": "user", // required "avatar_url": "gravatar.com/user.png", // required "url": "gitsoftware.com/users/user" // required } } }
oc get pods -n virtual-builders
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE f192fe4a-c802-4275-bcce-d2031e635126-9l2b5-25lg2 1/1 Running 0 7s
oc get pods -n virtual-builders
No resources found in virtual-builders namespace.