fdb-build-support

This repo contains files useful for building and developing FoundationDB. In particular, it contains the docker image definitions used by FoundationDB team members for development, and the image definitions used by the FoundationDB CI/CD system.

How-to

Build the images

The Dockerfile(s) in this project are built to leverage multi-stage builds. To build the various images are built with commands like:

cd docker/centos7
docker build --tag foundationdb/build:centos7-latest --target build .
docker build --tag foundationdb/devel:centos7-latest --target devel .
docker build --tag foundationdb/distcc:centos7-latest --target distcc .
docker build --tag foundationdb/codebuild:centos7-latest --target codebuild .

The build target contains the core dependencies and tools that are required to compile FoundationDB. The devel target is "FROM" the build image. It adds developer tools and other convenience packages. The distcc target is "FROM" the build image. It adds a distcc daemon to the images. This is used to run a distcc service. The codebuild target is "FROM" the devel images. It us used in FoundationDB CI/CD.

Build FoundationDB

Here's an example on how to build FoundationDB using the build image. First you need to run the container:

docker pull foundationdb/build:centos7-latest
docker run -it foundationdb/build:centos7-latest /bin/bash

Then, inside the container, you can run:

source /opt/rh/devtoolset-11/enable
source /opt/rh/rh-python38/enable
source /opt/rh/rh-ruby27/enable

mkdir -p src/foundationdb
git clone https://github.com/apple/foundationdb.git src/foundationdb/ 
mkdir build_output

cmake -S src/foundationdb -B build_output -G Ninja 
ninja -C build_output # If this crashes it probably ran out of memory. Try ninja -j1

Some Notes

• The centos6 images are deprecated, and have fallen behind the centos7 images. The definitions are here, primarily, for posterity to see.
• The centos7 images are the current active development environment.
• The centos8 images are an experiment at this time. They have not been vetted for active development, and with CentOS 8 being EOL at the beginning of 2022, this platform will have to shift to an alternative distribution.
• The windows images are maintained by the team at Doxense.