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Building plans
A builder is a component that takes a plan source code, and optionally the SDK's source code, and compiles it into a build artifact, ready to be used by compatible Runners to schedule test workloads on Testground.
The build process is different depending on the language of the plan, and the kind of build artifact being targeted. Here's a simple diagram to understand how builders and runners relate to one another.
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| plan code | -> | builder | -> | build artifact | -> | runner | -> | test output |
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Supported builders
Builder names follow the format: <build artifact type>:<language>
builder
input language
output type
compatible runners
exec:go
Go
OS-specific executable
local:exec
docker:go
Go
Docker image
local:docker, cluster:k8s
docker:generic
Any
Docker image
local:docker, cluster:k8s
Builder configuration options
The builders accept options on the command-line which can customize their behaviour. Each builder has a different set of configurable options. This section lists the configuration options supported by each.
Builder configuration options can be provided by various means, in the following order of precedence (highest precedence to lowest precedence):
1.CLI --build-cfg flags for single commands, and in the composition file for composition commands.
2..env.toml: [builders] section.
3.Test plan manifest.
4.Builder defaults (applied by the runner).
exec:go builder
The exec:go builder uses the machine's own Go installation to compile and build a binary. Below are the options this builder supports. None of these are required and need only be edited if the defaults do not work well in your environment.‌
options
explanation
module_path
gomod path with fresh_gomod
exec_pkg
specify the package to build
fresh_gomod
remove and recreate go.mod files
docker:go builder
The docker:go builder uses the user's local Docker daemon to construct a Docker image. By default, the docker:go builder will leverage a goproxy container to speed up fetching of Go modules. Additionally, all builds are performed on an isolated Docker network.‌
None of these options are required and need only be edited if the defaults do not work well in your environment.‌
option
explanation
go_version
override the version of Go used to compile the plan
module_path
gomod path with fresh_gomod
exec_pkg
specify the package to build
fresh_gomod
remove and recreate go.mod files
push_registry
after build, push docker image to a remote registry
registry_type
must be set if push_registry is true. Set to aws or dockerhub
go_proxy_mode
how to access go proxy. By default, use a local container.
go_proxy_url
required if go_proxy_mode is custom. Use a custom go_proxy instance.
Include extra sources
You can include extra files located at directories other than the test plan's source directory on your build. These assets can be useful on, for example, tests that depend on external artifacts or even to override dependencies (e.g. via replace directive) with local copies.
To use this feature, you need to specify an extra_sources on the manifest.toml file, consisting of a builder => []paths, which specify which paths to include as extras for each builders.
The paths are resolved relative to the plan source directory, i.e. where the manifest resides, evaluating symlinks first. To add an absolute and a relative path as extra sources to a docker:go build, you could add this snippet to the plan's manifest:
[extra_sources]
  docker_go = [
    "/path/to/assets",
    "relative/images"
  ]
Examples
Single build for a single test for the example/output plan using the exec:go builder. This command will produce a binary which you can find in ~/testground/ on Linux and macOS systems.
$ testground build single --plan=example --builder=exec:go
Same, using the docker:go builder. This command will produce a Docker image.
$ testground build single --plan=example --builder=docker:go
Use the docker:go builder to build an image and then push the image to DockerHub (configure credentials in env.toml file).
$ testground build single --plan=example --builder=docker:go \
                                         --build-cfg push_registry=true \
                                         --build-cfg registry_type=dockerhub
Build a composition defined in barrier-local.toml. Note that the composition file will contain the builder and runner so specifying the builder on the command-line is not used in this example.
$ testground build composition --file=compositions/barrier-local.toml \
                               --write-artifacts
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Supported builders
Builder configuration options
exec:go builder
docker:go builder
Include extra sources
Examples