Base OS Update

Just a checklist about what we have to do to update the base operating system of https://build.opensuse.org

Update Builds: OBS:Server:Unstable and CI Cycle

• Change manually: https://build.opensuse.org/projects/OBS:Server:Unstable:Containers/meta
• Enable the new OS as repository: https://build.opensuse.org/repositories/OBS:Server:Unstable
• Update base docker image and repositories in openbuildservice/base: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/OBS:Server:Unstable:Containers/base
• Change manually: https://build.opensuse.org/projects/OBS:Server:Unstable:Containers/prjconf
• Change manually: https://build.opensuse.org/projects/OBS:Server:Unstable/packages/minitest-backend-config/meta
• Get everything to build: https://build.opensuse.org/project/monitor/OBS:Server:Unstable
• Create and merge PR to update open-build-service, updating:
  • .circleci/conditional_config.yml
  • .obs/workflows.yml
  • README.md

Remaining tasks

Test suite

• Disable package test suite in https://build.opensuse.org/projects/OBS:Server:Unstable/prjconf

Kurren

• Update kurren Dockerfile: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/OBS:Server:Unstable:Containers/kurren
• Create PR to update kurren codebase:
  • lib/amqp.rb
  • lib/obs.rb
• Deploy new version of kurren.

Test Server

Our Testing Server

• Update distribution in base system repositories, upgrade distribution and restart. Last time this was a task performed by BuildOPS following Upgrade hosts to next service pack.
• Adapt definition of $publishedhook in /usr/lib/obs/server/BSConfig.pm
• Enable new repository in https://build-test.opensuse.org/projects/OBS:Server:Unstable/distributions/new
• Adjust https://build-test.opensuse.org/projects/OBS:Server:Unstable/prjconf

Deployment

• Update Dockerfile of base docker image: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/OBS:Server:Unstable:Containers/ansible-obs-base
• Update obs_deploy
• Update ansible-obs
• Update obs_deploy with new version of ansible-obs.
• Update production

References

• https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/obs-switch-production-to-SP7