Self Contained Change: This change will only affect new users who use the new image.
Container Minimal Image
Summary
Produce a new container image that contains as little as possible, but also still provides the ability to install packages from dnf repositories.
Owner
- Name: Dusty Mabe
- Email: dusty@dustymabe.com
- Release notes owner:
- Product: New Minimal Container Image
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 26
- Last updated: 2017-01-26
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
As a user of Fedora I'd like to build containers based on an image that is a little more lightweight than the current base container image that is produced in Fedora. We have a proof of concept kickstart [1] that will create such an image. It is a work in progress.
[1] https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts/pull-request/120
Benefit to Fedora
More options for users who want to build containers based on Fedora.
Scope
- Proposal owners: Implementation of this Change
- Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
How To Test
Install a fresh docker, make sure the default storage is on overlay,if installing on atomic host or Fedora Server, make sure the overlay file system is setup on a different partion, and it mounted after a reboot.
Make sure you can switch from overlay2 back to devicemapper using atomic storage commands. N/A (not a System Wide Change)
User Experience
N/A (not a System Wide Change) Users should not notice the change other then if they use the docker or atomic CLI to examine the storage.
Dependencies
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
- Blocks product? product
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Release Notes
Category:ChangeReadyForWrangler