Continuous integration

Overview

GitHub Actions are configured to build master and develop branches and pull requests.

GitHub Actions build Roc for Linux and macOS. Linux worker uses Docker to run builds on several Linux distros. Linux worker also uses QEMU to run cross-compiled tests.

Docker images for continuous integration and cross-compilation are built using GitHub actions and pushed to Docker Hub. They are based on official upstream images, adding pre-installed packages required for our build. Dockerfiles for images are hosted in a separate GitHub repository.

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Docker images

The following Docker images are used on our CI builds.

Linux native

Image Base image Architecture Compilers
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:22.04 ubuntu:22.04 x86_64 gcc-11, gcc-12, clang-11, clang-14
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:20.04 ubuntu:20.04 x86_64 gcc-8, gcc-10, clang-8, clang-10
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:18.04 ubuntu:18.04 x86_64 gcc-6, clang-6
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:16.04 ubuntu:16.04 x86_64 gcc-4.8, clang-3.7
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu:14.04 ubuntu:14.04 x86_64 gcc-4.4, clang-3.4
rocstreaming/env-ubuntu-minimal ubuntu:latest x86_64 distro default
rocstreaming/env-debian debian:stable x86_64 distro default
rocstreaming/env-fedora fedora:latest x86_64 distro default
rocstreaming/env-centos centos:latest x86_64 distro default
rocstreaming/env-opensuse opensuse/leap:latest x86_64 distro default
rocstreaming/env-archlinux archlinux/base:latest x86_64 distro default
rocstreaming/env-alpine alpine:latest x86_64 distro default

Linux toolchains

Image Architecture Compilers
rocstreaming/toolchain-aarch64-linux-gnu:gcc-7.4 armv8 gcc-7.4
rocstreaming/toolchain-arm-linux-gnueabihf:gcc-4.9 armv7 gcc-4.9
rocstreaming/toolchain-arm-bcm2708hardfp-linux-gnueabi:gcc-4.7 armv6 gcc-4.7

Android toolchains

Image APIs ABIs Compilers
rocstreaming/toolchain-linux-android:ndk21 21-29 armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64 clang-9.0.8

Full Android environment

Image JDK
rocstreaming/env-android:jdk11 openjdk:11.0.7-jdk-slim-buster
rocstreaming/env-android:jdk8 openjdk:8u252-jdk-slim-buster

How Docker images are built

Docker images are built using GitHub actions and then pushed to Docker Hub.

Each image directory contains one or several dockerfiles and images.csv file in the following format:

DOCKERFILE;ARGS (comma-separated list);TAG

This file defines what tags to build, path to dockerfile and build arguments for each tag. Build arguments are passed as ARGs to docker build.

If the value in the first column is left empty, it defaults to Dockerfile is in the same directory as images.csv. If the value in the last column is omitted, it defaults to the name of the directory which contains Dockerfile, e.g. if Dockerfile path is 14.04/Dockerfile, then tag defaults to 14.04.

Example:

DOCKERFILE;ARGS (comma-separated list);TAG
Dockerfile;MAJOR=4.9,MINOR=4,DATE=2017.01;gcc-4.9
Dockerfile;MAJOR=7.4,MINOR=1,DATE=2019.02;gcc-7.4
Dockerfile;MAJOR=7.4,MINOR=1,DATE=2019.02;latest

This file defines three tags: gcc-4.9, gcc-7.4, and latest. Each tag uses the same Dockerfile and different arguments MAJOR, MINOR, and DATE.

You can build an image locally using:

./make.sh images/<image_name>

Running CI steps locally

Run Linux native tests locally

CI steps for various Linux distros are fully dockerized and don’t depend on GitHub Actions environment. It’s easy to run them locally in exactly same environment as on CI.

You can find specific commands to run in build.yml file. Look for images that are named rocstreaming/env-*. For example, this command will run Fedora build:

$ scripts/ci_checks/docker.sh rocstreaming/env-fedora \
    scripts/ci_checks/linux-x86_64/fedora.sh

Under the hood, this command will run scons in docker:

$ docker run -t --rm --cap-add SYS_PTRACE -u "${UID}" -v "${PWD}:${PWD}" -w "${PWD}" \
    rocstreaming/env-fedora \
      scons --build-3rdparty=openfec,cpputest --enable-debug test

Explanation:

  • -t allocates a pseudo-TTY to enable color output
  • --rm removes the container when the command exits
  • --cap-add SYS_PTRACE enables ptracing which is needed for clang sanitizers
  • -u "${UID}" changes the UID inside the container from root to the current user
  • -v "${PWD}:${PWD}" mounts the current directory into the container at the same path
  • -w "${PWD}" chdirs into that directory

Run Linux QEMU tests locally

There are CI steps that do cross-compilation and then run tests in QEMU (in user space mode, i.e. on host kernel).

These steps are also fully dockerized and you can run them locally. They use docker images that have both cross-compilation toolchain and QEMU pre-installed.

You can find specific commands to run in build.yml file. Look for images that are named rocstreaming/toolchain-*. For example, this command will run ARM64 build:

$ scripts/ci_checks/docker.sh rocstreaming/toolchain-aarch64-linux-gnu:gcc-7.4 \
    scripts/ci_checks/linux-arm/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-7.4.sh

For more details, see Running cross-compiled tests in QEMU.

Run Android tests locally

CI steps for Android use emulator to run tests. You can do roughtly the same locally using android_emu.sh script:

$ scripts/android_emu.sh test

This command will pull rocstreaming/env-android Docker image, install necessary Android components inside it, build Roc, start Android emulator, and run Roc tests on emulator.

For more details, see Android Docker image.