distribution/BUILDING.md
Milos Gajdos 6b388b1ba6
Enable Go build tags
This enables go build tags so the GCS and OSS driver support is
available in the binary distributed via the image build by Dockerfile.

This led to quite a few fixes in the GCS and OSS packages raised as
warning by golang-ci linter.

Signed-off-by: Milos Gajdos <milosthegajdos@gmail.com>
2023-06-28 11:41:22 +01:00

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# Building the registry source
## Use-case
This is useful if you intend to actively work on the registry.
### Alternatives
Most people should use the [official Registry docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/library/registry/).
People looking for advanced operational use cases might consider rolling their own image with a custom Dockerfile inheriting `FROM registry:2`.
OS X users who want to run natively can do so following [the instructions here](https://github.com/docker/docker.github.io/blob/master/registry/recipes/osx-setup-guide.md).
### Gotchas
You are expected to know your way around with go & git.
If you are a casual user with no development experience, and no preliminary knowledge of go, building from source is probably not a good solution for you.
## Configure the development environment
The first prerequisite of properly building distribution targets is to have a Go
development environment setup. Please follow [How to Write Go Code](https://golang.org/doc/code.html)
for proper setup. If done correctly, you should have a GOROOT and GOPATH set in the
environment.
Next, fetch the code from the repository using git:
git clone https://github.com/distribution/distribution
cd distribution
If you are planning to create a pull request with changes, you may want to clone directly from your [fork](https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-forks).
## Build and run from source
First, build the binaries:
$ make
+ bin/registry
+ bin/digest
+ bin/registry-api-descriptor-template
+ binaries
Now create the directory for the registry data (this might require you to set permissions properly)
mkdir -p /var/lib/registry
... or alternatively `export REGISTRY_STORAGE_FILESYSTEM_ROOTDIRECTORY=/somewhere` if you want to store data into another location.
The `registry`
binary can then be run with the following:
$ ./bin/registry --version
./bin/registry github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v2.7.0-1993-g8857a194
The registry can be run with a development config using the following
incantation:
$ ./bin/registry serve cmd/registry/config-dev.yml
INFO[0000] debug server listening :5001
WARN[0000] No HTTP secret provided - generated random secret. This may cause problems with uploads if multiple registries are behind a load-balancer. To provide a shared secret, fill in http.secret in the configuration file or set the REGISTRY_HTTP_SECRET environment variable. environment=development go.version=go1.18.3 instance.id=e837df62-a66c-4e04-a014-b063546e82e0 service=registry version=v2.7.0-1993-g8857a194
INFO[0000] endpoint local-5003 disabled, skipping environment=development go.version=go1.18.3 instance.id=e837df62-a66c-4e04-a014-b063546e82e0 service=registry version=v2.7.0-1993-g8857a194
INFO[0000] endpoint local-8083 disabled, skipping environment=development go.version=go1.18.3 instance.id=e837df62-a66c-4e04-a014-b063546e82e0 service=registry version=v2.7.0-1993-g8857a194
INFO[0000] using inmemory blob descriptor cache environment=development go.version=go1.18.3 instance.id=e837df62-a66c-4e04-a014-b063546e82e0 service=registry version=v2.7.0-1993-g8857a194
INFO[0000] providing prometheus metrics on /metrics
INFO[0000] listening on [::]:5000 environment=development go.version=go1.18.3 instance.id=e837df62-a66c-4e04-a014-b063546e82e0 service=registry version=v2.7.0-1993-g8857a194
If it is working, one should see the above log messages.
### Build reference
The regular `go` commands, such as `go test`, should work per package.
A `Makefile` has been provided as a convenience to support repeatable builds.
Run `make` to build the binaries:
$ make
+ bin/registry
+ bin/digest
+ bin/registry-api-descriptor-template
+ binaries
The above provides a repeatable build using the contents of the vendor
directory. We can verify this worked by running
the registry binary generated in the "./bin" directory:
$ ./bin/registry --version
./bin/registry github.com/distribution/distribution v2.0.0-alpha.2-80-g16d8b2c.m
Run `make test` to run all of the tests.
Run `make validate` to run the validators, including the linter and vendor validation. You must have docker with the buildx plugin installed to run the validators.
### Optional build tags
Optional [build tags](http://golang.org/pkg/go/build/) can be provided using
the environment variable `BUILDTAGS`.
<dl>
<dt>noresumabledigest</dt>
<dd>Compiles without resumable digest support</dd>
<dt>include_gcs</dt>
<dd>Adds support for <a href="https://cloud.google.com/storage">Google Cloud Storage</a></dd>
<dt>include_oss</dt>
<dd>Adds support for <a href="https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/object-storage-service">Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS)</a></dd>
</dl>