Streaming content in binary format from a local file system to the builder is
called a Binary
type build. The corresponding value of
BuildConfig.spec.source.type
is Binary
for such builds.
This source type is unique in that it is leveraged solely based on your use of
the oc start-build
.
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Binary type builds require content to be streamed from the local file system, so
automatically triggering a binary type build (e.g. via an image change trigger)
is not possible, because the binary files cannot be provided. Similarly, you
cannot launch binary type builds from the web console.
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To utilize binary builds, invoke oc start-build
with one of these options:
-
--from-file
: The contents of the file you specify are sent as a binary stream
to the builder. You can also specify a URL to a file. Then, the builder stores
the data in a file with the same name at the top of the build context.
-
--from-dir
and --from-repo
: The contents are archived and sent as a binary
stream to the builder. Then, the builder extracts the contents of the archive
within the build context directory. With --from-dir
, you can also specify
a URL to an archive, which will be extracted.
-
--from-archive
: The archive you specify is sent to the builder, where it is
extracted within the build context directory. This option
behaves the same as --from-dir
; an archive is created on your host first,
whenever the argument to these options is a directory.
In each of the above cases:
-
If your BuildConfig
already has a Binary
source type defined, it will
effectively be ignored and replaced by what the client sends.
-
If your BuildConfig
has a Git
source type defined, it is dynamically
disabled, since Binary
and Git
are mutually exclusive, and the data in
the binary stream provided to the builder takes precedence.
Instead of a file name, you can pass a URL with HTTP or HTTPS schema to
--from-file
and --from-archive
. When using --from-file
with a URL, the
name of the file in the builder image is determined by the Content-Disposition
header sent by the web server, or the last component of the URL path if the
header is not present. No form of authentication is supported and it is not
possible to use custom TLS certificate or disable certificate validation.
When using oc new-build --binary=true
, the command ensures that the
restrictions associated with binary builds are enforced. The resulting
BuildConfig
will have a source type of Binary
, meaning that the only
valid way to run a build for this BuildConfig
is to use oc
start-build
with one of the --from
options to provide the requisite binary
data.
The dockerfile
and contextDir
source options have
special meaning with binary builds.
dockerfile
can be used with any binary build source. If dockerfile
is
used and the binary stream is an archive, its contents serve as a replacement
Dockerfile to any Dockerfile in the archive. If dockerfile
is used with the
--from-file
argument, and the file argument is named dockerfile
, the value
from dockerfile
replaces the value from the binary stream.
In the case of the binary stream encapsulating extracted archive content, the
value of the contextDir
field is interpreted as a subdirectory within the
archive, and, if valid, the builder changes into that subdirectory before
executing the build.