Samvera Tech Call 2021-04-14

Owned by Juliet Hardesty
Last updated: Apr 14, 2021

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Moderator: tamsin johnson

Notetaker: Juliet Hardesty

Attendees:


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    3. Pull request review (moderator)
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Notes

  • Samvera Community artifact registries?
    • https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/issues/4854
    • Publishing the Hyrax and FCRepo helm charts?
    • public registry is good boost - have used Docker Hub previously but rules have changed
    • Docker Hub has limited number of users who can manage images
    • CI pipelines are also being disrupted by Docker Hub when Docker Hub decides too many calls are being made
    • Helm charts are in same situation
    • Discussion
      • Docker Hub is using Samvera accounts
      • changes to Docker Hub policies are recent
      • can ask to be an open source org - LD4P is doing this but haven't heard back on request, not sure what that allows
        • seemed to be pretty quick form to fill out to make request
        • need to check in with Heather Greer Klein about this before we do it
        • have to be sure we could actually sign on to whatever this form is asking so this might be more long-term than short-term solution, if it is even a possibility
      • is it viable to have a registry for CI/basic builds and then publish final image to Docker Hub? one account is bot account and other account is just for checking in if something breaks
        • might be possible but people that currently have access to Docker Hub would have to relinquish access or convert to service accounts for this use
        • this would be maintaining automated presence on Docker Hub and that is Samvera's only presence there
        • then there are more options for less public registries
      • discussion about moving off of Github - where is that right now?
        • WG working on this but might be waiting on some deliverables
      • Github might also be offering public registries
        • Tamsin needed auth token to pull the last time they tried but it's been a year or so
        • ended up on Docker Hub because of this
        • credential delivery for CI pipelines might be easier so this might be a possibility to use
        • Rob will look into what is possible with Github - can access public registries anonymously according to docs
      • Harbor might also be an option but has to be hosted
      • Harbor, Artifactory, and Chart Museum being tried at UCSD but Chart Museum for sure would not work
      • Harbor or something Samvera hosts might be a reasonable stop-gap but not long term
        • Samvera.cloud might be workable but it could end up being a large amount of S3 data (in terms of cost to store/maintain)
      • If Docker Hub is going away something else is likely to replace it, so that is something else to keep in mind
      • Decision: use Github registry
        • Publish Hyrax images to Github registry and then publish Helm chart to Github registry; automate both of those publishes
        • Helm chart is template for deploying to Kubernetes (cloud-based install)
        • Hyrax image is Docker build
    • Samvera Help follow-ups?
      • none
    • PR
    • next moderator: Lynette Rayle
    • next notetaker: Thomas Scherz