Impact of "IBM Cloud Container Registry is Deprecating Container Builds"

[thomassuedbroecker]

We need to verify the impact of "IBM Cloud Container Registry is Deprecating Container Builds".
This could have impact for our bash scripts and other automations we made for the workshops.

https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/announcements/ibm-cloud-container-registry-deprecating-container-builds?_ga=2.151918137.1436322187.1603873424-1354875151.1603726778

[Harald-U]

ibmcloud cr build is used in these scripts:

• iks-scripts/deploy-articles-java-jee.sh
• iks-scripts/deploy-authors-nodejs.sh
• iks-scripts/deploy-web-api-java-jee-v2.sh
• iks-scripts/deploy-web-api-java-jee.sh
• iks-scripts/deploy-web-app-vuejs.sh
• reactive/iks-scripts/deploy-articles-reactive-postgres.sh
• reactive/iks-scripts/deploy-authors.sh
• reactive/iks-scripts/deploy-web-api-reactive.sh
• reactive/iks-scripts/deploy-web-app-reactive.sh

and also referenced in the documentation here:

• authors-java-jee/README.md
• workshop/02-container.md
• workshop/06-java-development.md
• workshop-one-service/4-kubernetes.md

Seems like we need to replace it with local docker build, docker tag, and docker push. This in turn requires local installation of Docker.
Alternative: look into Code Engines build options.

[thomassuedbroecker]

@Harald-U Thanks for the list. Let's see how to convert the existing commands and scripts in the workshops.

[Harald-U]

@thomassuedbroecker I have updated the deploy scripts in iks-scripts, tested, works. Next I'll do the reactive scripts :-)
Local Docker is a requirement anyways, ic cr build requires local docker installed.

[Harald-U]

There are scripts for reactive but the instructions (https://github.com/IBM/cloud-native-starter/blob/master/reactive/README.md#reactive-java-microservices) point to a toolchain: "Server-side Setup in IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service"(https://github.com/nheidloff/cloud-native-starter-reactive-toolchain).
The toolchain definition will probably need rework once the deployment method for IKS changes. I wouldn't modify the scripts in reactive/iks-scripts, I would rather remove them. Your decision :-D

[thomassuedbroecker]

@Harald-U Thanks for your help :-)