Authoring devfiles - ComponentsAdding a container component

Authoring devfiles - Components

Adding a container component

To incorporate custom tools into the workspace, define an image-based configuration of a container in a workspace using the container component type.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Define a component using the type container.

    A container component

    devfile.yaml
    components:
      - name: maven
        container:
          image: eclipse/maven-jdk8:latest
          volumeMounts:
            - name: mavenrepo
              path: /root/.m2
          env:
            - name: ENV_VAR
              value: value
          endpoints:
            - name: maven-server
              targetPort: 3101
              protocol: https
              secure: 'true'
              exposure: public
          memoryRequest: 256M
          memoryLimit: 1536M
          cpuRequest: 0.1
          cpuLimit: 0.5
          command: ['tail']
          args: ['-f', '/dev/null']
    

    A minimal container component

    devfile.yaml
    schemaVersion: 2.2.0
    metadata:
      name: mydevfile
    components:
      - name: go
        container:
          image: golang
          memoryLimit: 512Mi
          command: ['sleep', 'infinity']
    

    Specify the type of component using the container property. Use the image property to specify the image for the component. When defining the image, use container naming conventions. For example, the image property in the preceding example refers to the container image, docker.io/library/golang:latest.

    Use the container component to augment the image with additional resources and information. This component allows you to integrate the tooling provided by the image with the application that consumes the devfile.

  2. Mounting project sources

    For the container component to have access to the project sources, you must set the mountSources attribute to true.

    devfile.yaml
    schemaVersion: 2.2.0
    metadata:
      name: mydevfile
    components:
      - name: go
        container:
          image: golang
          memoryLimit: 512Mi
          mountSources: true
          command: ['sleep', 'infinity']
    

    The sources are mounted on a location stored in the PROJECTS_ROOT environment variable that is made available in the running container of the image. This location defaults to /projects. If sourceMapping is defined in the container, it overrides the PROJECT_ROOT value and mounts the source to the path defined by sourceMapping.

  3. Specify a volume

    For the container component to have a shared volume, you must define a volume component in the devfile and reference the volume using volumeMount in container component. For more information on volume component, see adding a volume component.

    devfile.yaml
    components:
      - name: mycontainer
        container:
          image: java11-maven:next
          memoryLimit: 768Mi
          mountSources: true
          volumeMounts:
            - name: m2
              path: /home/user/.m2
      - name: m2
        volume:
          size: 1Gi
    
  4. Container Entrypoint

    Use the command attribute of the container type to modify the entrypoint command of the container created from the image. The availability of the sleep command and the support for the infinity argument depend on the base image used in the particular images.

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