2023-01-11 DevOps Monthly

• switch from fabric 1.x  to fabric 2.7.1 
• the implementation is done, just a few bugs left and some cleanup
• main change for usage: the CLI now use dashes instead of underscores, and setting variables is slightly different (see #14612)

• Switchover from AWS Bazel remote cache to Bazel Docker cache complete.
• AWS Bazel cache infrastructure was dismantled with Terraform.
  • Tear-down was documented in #14796
  • All checked-in code and secrets were removed from magma/magma.
  • Re-deployment steps are documented in magma/ci-infra/.../remote_caching/Readme.md
• No running costs for Bazel caching.

• Draft PR for Magma-AGW-specific Bazel documentation #14809
  
  • Feedback welcome!
  • Aimed mainly at Magma developers.
  • Aims to answer all basic Bazel-related questions when starting to work with the AGW.

• Overview how images are build and tests are executed
• Now all tests are executed vs a containerized environment
• Improved overview for failed tests

https://github.com/magma/magma/actions/workflows/agw-build-publish-container.yml?query=branch%3Amaster

• Docker Compose will be deprecated in spring
• First implementation was reverted due to unexpected workflows
• Second implementation currently in testing using –compatibility flag

• New base images with preinstalled
  • go 1.19.3
  • prerequisites for Magma DHCP CLI tool
  • LF artifactory
  • Docker Compose V2
• Less steps need to be executed → Much faster provisioning and less data downloaded
• Improved Wiki entry

• Workflows triggered by repository_dispatch (=triggered by another job, not directly via push event) may have been assigned wrong commit hashes
  → faulty display of test results in CI dashboard
• Test workflows are now tagged correctly