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# Building Packages
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Vieter supports a basic build system that allows you to build the packages
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defined using the Git repositories API by running `vieter build`. For
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configuration, see [here](/configuration#).
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## How it works
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The build system works in two stages. First it pulls down the
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`archlinux:latest` image from Docker Hub, runs `pacman -Syu` & configures a
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non-root build user. It then creates a new Docker image from this container.
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This is to prevent each build having to fully update the container's
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repositories. After the image has been created, each repository returned by
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`/api/repos` is built sequentially by starting up a new container with the
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previously created image as a base. Each container goes through the following steps:
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1. The repository is cloned
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2. `makepkg --nobuild --nodeps` is ran to update the `pkgver` variable inside
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the `PKGBUILD` file
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3. A HEAD request is sent to the Vieter server to check whether the specific
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version of the package is already present. If it is, the container exits.
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4. `makepkg` is ran with `MAKEFLAGS="-j\$(nproc)`
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5. Each produced package archive is uploaded to the Vieter instance's
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repository, as defined in the API for that specific Git repo.
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## Cron image
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The Vieter Docker image contains crond & a cron config that runs `vieter build`
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every night at 3AM. This value is currently hardcoded, but I wish to change
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that down the line (work is in progress). There's also some other caveats you
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should be aware of, namely that the image should be run as root & that the
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healthcheck will always fail, so you might have to disable it. This boils down
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to the following docker-compose file:
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```yaml
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version: '3'
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services:
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cron:
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image: 'chewingbever/vieter:dev'
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command: crond -f
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user: root
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healthcheck:
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disable: true
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environment:
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- 'VIETER_API_KEY=some-key'
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- 'VIETER_ADDRESS=https://example.com'
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volumes:
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- '/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock'
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```
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Important to note is that the container also requires the host's Docker socket
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to be mounted as this is how it spawns the necessary containers, as well as a
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change to the container's command.
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