Platform SIG April 25, 2023

Attending:

Agenda:

  • Open Action Items:
    • Docker Images
      • Container image deprecation for the blue ocean container (jenkinsci:blueocean)
        • https://hub.docker.com/r/jenkins/blueocean - no tags
        • Docker - has
        • Need to announce the deprecation of the image
          • Update the page on Dockerhub
          • Add to a Jenkins LTS changelog or upgrade guide?
          • Add a disclaimer to one or more pages on www.jenkins.io?
        • Find a way to communicate the deprecation to users and admins
          • Jenkins administrative monitor that checks for specific container content?
        • Report it on it regularly in Platform SIG meetings
        • Create an issue that proposes the deprecation and the needed steps => Mark Waite?
  • Ongoing:
    • Alpine aarch64 images issue
      • Blocked waiting for Temurin to support it
      • Workaround is to use Debian slim on aarch64
  • What’s done?
    • Digicert code signing for MSI installer and jar file
      • Windows users expect their installers to be signed/secured (because of malwares and so on).
      • Mark to convene a retrospective to learn from our mistakes
    • PGP signing key updated for RPM and DEB packages
      • Mark to convene a retrospective to learn from our mistakes
    • Ppc64le: nice progress. Thank you so much for your contribution Kenneth!
      • docker-agent: PR merged
      • docker-ssh-agent : PR merged
      • Inbound-agent: tests still failing
        • Docker-agent has not been tagged yet, that’s why
      • Controller PR done too, not merged yet
    • Latest updates on the agent images: