[X-posting from ops-l]
Hi all,
Starting today, we are building our base container images using
debuerreotype instead than bootstrap-vz, which is unmaintained [1]. This is
the same tool that is used for the dockerhub debian images, and our images
are now completely equivalent to the debian base images, plus our own apt
configuration[2].
With this change, we're also introducing a simpler nomenclature for our
base images:
we will tag our images with "$codename" instead than with
"wikimedia-$codename". Thus:
- the base stretch image is now
docker-registry.wikimedia.org/stretch
- the base buster image is now
docker-registry.wikimedia.org/buster
We have also added a new image based on the (yet unreleased, caveat emptor)
debian bullseye.
We will keep tagging the latest version of those images as
"wikimedia-stretch" and "wikimedia-buster" for the time being, in
order to
allow for backwards compatibility, but we encourage everyone to migrate
eventually to the new naming.
Cheers,
Giuseppe
[1]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281984
[2] Our very simple build script is here:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/refs/hea…
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Giuseppe Lavagetto
Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Wikimedia Foundation