buildpacks Tekton Task

Tekton Task for the Buildpacks, to build a application from source code into a container image.

Usage

Please consider a example usage to build Paketo's Node.js sample below. The Pipeline uses task-git (0.0.1) to clone the repository:

---
apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
kind: Pipeline
metadata: {}
spec:
  workspaces:
    - name: source

  params:
    - name: IMAGE
      type: string
      description: Fully qualified image name, including tag

  tasks:
    # Cloning the git repository (URL) onto the "source" workspace.
    - name: git
      taskRef:
        name: git
      workspaces:
        - name: output
          workspace: source
      params:
        - name: URL
          value: https://github.com/paketo-buildpacks/samples.git

    # Running the buildpacks' CNB on the source code to build the container
    # image (IMAGE param).
    - name: buildpacks
      taskRef:
        name: buildpacks
      runAfter:
        - git
      workspaces:
        - name: source
          workspace: source
      params:
        - name: SUBDIRECTORY
          value: nodejs/npm
        - name: IMAGE
          value: $(params.IMAGE)

Please consider the Workspaces, Parameters and Results described below.

Container Registry Authentication

The buildpacks Task needs credentials to communicate with the Container Registries to publish the images created by the CNB (IMAGE param), and also, to optionally store cached data (CACHE_IMAGE param).

Please consider Tekton Pipeline documentation to setup the Container Registry authentication.

Workspaces

Workspace	Optional	Description
source	false	Application source-code.
cache	true	Cache directory, alternative to the CACHE_IMAGE param.
bindings	true	Extra bindings, CA certificate bundle files.

source

Contains the application source code, please consider task-git to handle the Git repository clone. The param SUBDIRECTORY defines a relative path on this Workspace to be used as application's source code alternatively, as the usage example shows.

cache

Contains the build cache to be reused on subsequent executions. Caching can also be achieved using the CACHE_IMAGE param to store the cache data as a container image.

Considering the nature of the cached data, it's recommended to use a Kubernetes Persistent Volume Claim.

bindings

Workspace for the extra binding certificates needed for the application runtime. The files present on this Workspace matching BINDINGS_GLOB will be copied into SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT, where the CNB picks up the binding files.

For instance, the following Secret carries a example.pem file:

kubectl create secret generic buildpacks-ex --from-file="example.pem=/path/to/example.pem"

Given the param BINDINGS_GLOB is set to pick up *.pem files, then you can mount the "buildpacks-ex" Secret on the Task's bindings workspace.

Params

Param	Type	Default	Description
IMAGE	string	(required)	Application's container image name, and tag.
BUILDER_IMAGE	string	docker.io/paketobuildpacks/builder:base	Cloud Native Builder (CNB) container image name (and tag).
CNB_PLATFORM_API	string	0.11	Lifecycle platform API compatibility version.
SUBDIRECTORY	string	"" (empty)	Alternative CNB_APP_DIR directory, relative to the "source" Workspace.
ENV_VARS	array	[] (empty)	Environment variables to set during "build-time".
PROCESS_TYPE	string	web	Application process type.
BINDINGS_GLOB	string	*.pem	Extra binding file name(s) (glob expression) present on the bindings Workspace to be copied into SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT directory.
RUN_IMAGE	string	"" (empty)	Reference to a run image to use.
CACHE_IMAGE	string	"" (empty)	The name of the persistent cache image (when cache workspace is not provided).
SKIP_RESTORE	string	false	Do not write layer metadata or restore cached layers.
USER_ID	string	1000	CNB container image user-id (UID).
GROUP_ID	string	1000	CNB container image group-id (GID).
VERBOSE	string	false	Turns on verbose logging, all commands executed will be printed out.

Results

Result	Description
IMAGE_DIGEST	Reported IMAGE digest.
IMAGE_URL	Reported fully qualified container image name.