jib-container Build
Description
Extends the container type to build the image with Jib. Use this to efficiently build container images for Java services. Check out the jib example to see it in action.
The image is always built locally, directly from the source directory (see the note on that below), before shipping the container image to the right place. You can set build.tarOnly: true
to only build the image as a tarball.
By default (and when not using remote building), the image is pushed to the local Docker daemon, to match the behavior of and stay compatible with normal container
actions.
When using remote building with the kubernetes
provider, the image is synced to the cluster (where individual layers are cached) and then pushed to the deployment registry from there. This is to make sure any registry auth works seamlessly and exactly like for normal Docker image builds.
Please consult the Jib documentation for how to configure Jib in your Gradle or Maven project.
To provide additional arguments to Gradle/Maven when building, you can set the extraFlags
field.
Important note: Unlike many other types, jib-container
builds are done from the source directory instead of the build staging directory, because of how Java projects are often laid out across a repository. This means build dependency copy directives are effectively ignored, and any include/exclude statements and .gardenignore files will not impact the build result. _Note that you should still configure includes, excludes and/or a .gardenignore to tell Garden which files to consider as part of the Build version hash, to correctly detect whether a new build is required.**
Below is the full schema reference for the action. For an introduction to configuring Garden, please look at our Configuration guide.
jib-container
actions also export values that are available in template strings. See the Outputs section below for details.
Configuration Keys
type
type
The type of action, e.g. exec
, container
or kubernetes
. Some are built into Garden but mostly these will be defined by your configured providers.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| Yes |
name
name
A valid name for the action. Must be unique across all actions of the same kind in your project.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| Yes |
description
description
A description of the action.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
source
source
By default, the directory where the action is defined is used as the source for the build context.
You can override this by setting either source.path
to another (POSIX-style) path relative to the action source directory, or source.repository
to get the source from an external repository.
If using source.path
, you must make sure the target path is in a git repository.
For source.repository
behavior, please refer to the Remote Sources guide.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
source.path
source.path
source > path
A relative POSIX-style path to the source directory for this action. You must make sure this path exists and is in a git repository!
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
source.repository
source.repository
source > repository
When set, Garden will import the action source from this repository, but use this action configuration (and not scan for configs in the separate repository).
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
source.repository.url
source.repository.url
source > repository > url
A remote repository URL. Currently only supports git servers. Must contain a hash suffix pointing to a specific branch or tag, with the format: #<branch|tag>
Type | Required |
---|---|
| Yes |
Example:
dependencies[]
dependencies[]
A list of other actions that this action depends on, and should be built, deployed or run (depending on the action type) before processing this action.
Each dependency should generally be expressed as a "<kind>.<name>"
string, where is one of build
, deploy
, run
or test
, and is the name of the action to depend on.
You may also optionally specify a dependency as an object, e.g. { kind: "Build", name: "some-image" }
.
Any empty values (i.e. null or empty strings) are ignored, so that you can conditionally add in a dependency via template expressions.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
Example:
disabled
disabled
Set this to true
to disable the action. You can use this with conditional template strings to disable actions based on, for example, the current environment or other variables (e.g. disabled: ${environment.name == "prod"}
). This can be handy when you only need certain actions for specific environments, e.g. only for development.
For Build actions, this means the build is not performed unless it is declared as a dependency by another enabled action (in which case the Build is assumed to be necessary for the dependant action to be run or built).
For other action kinds, the action is skipped in all scenarios, and dependency declarations to it are ignored. Note however that template strings referencing outputs (i.e. runtime outputs) will fail to resolve when the action is disabled, so you need to make sure to provide alternate values for those if you're using them, using conditional expressions.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
environments[]
environments[]
If set, the action is only enabled for the listed environment types. This is effectively a cleaner shorthand for the disabled
field with an expression for environments. For example, environments: ["prod"]
is equivalent to disabled: ${environment.name != "prod"}
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
variables
variables
A map of variables scoped to this particular action. These are resolved before any other parts of the action configuration and take precedence over group-scoped variables (if applicable) and project-scoped variables, in that order. They may reference group-scoped and project-scoped variables, and generally can use any template strings normally allowed when resolving the action.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
varfiles[]
varfiles[]
Specify a list of paths (relative to the directory where the action is defined) to a file containing variables, that we apply on top of the action-level variables
field, and take precedence over group-level variables (if applicable) and project-level variables, in that order.
If you specify multiple paths, they are merged in the order specified, i.e. the last one takes precedence over the previous ones.
The format of the files is determined by the configured file's extension:
.yaml
/.yml
- YAML. The file must consist of a YAML document, which must be a map (dictionary). Keys may contain any value type. YAML format is used by default..env
- Standard "dotenv" format, as defined by dotenv..json
- JSON. Must contain a single JSON object (not an array).
NOTE: The default varfile format was changed to YAML in Garden v0.13, since YAML allows for definition of nested objects and arrays.
To use different varfiles in different environments, you can template in the environment name to the varfile name, e.g. varfile: "my-action.${environment.name}.env"
(this assumes that the corresponding varfiles exist).
If a listed varfile cannot be found, throwing an error. To add optional varfiles, you can use a list item object with a path
and an optional optional
boolean field.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
Example:
varfiles[].path
varfiles[].path
varfiles > path
Path to a file containing a path.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| Yes |
varfiles[].optional
varfiles[].optional
varfiles > optional
Whether the varfile is optional.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
kind
kind
Type | Allowed Values | Required |
---|---|---|
| "Build" | Yes |
allowPublish
allowPublish
When false, disables publishing this build to remote registries via the publish command.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
buildAtSource
buildAtSource
By default, builds are staged in .garden/build/<build name>
and that directory is used as the build context. This is done to avoid builds contaminating the source tree, which can end up confusing version computation, or a build including files that are not intended to be part of it. In most scenarios, the default behavior is desired and leads to the most predictable and verifiable builds, as well as avoiding potential confusion around file watching.
You can override this by setting buildAtSource: true
, which basically sets the build root for this action at the location of the Build action config in the source tree. This means e.g. that the build command in exec
Builds runs at the source, and for Docker image builds the build is initiated from the source directory.
An important implication is that include
and exclude
directives for the action, as well as .gardenignore
files, only affect version hash computation but are otherwise not effective in controlling the build context. This may lead to unexpected variation in builds with the same version hash. This may also slow down code synchronization to remote destinations, e.g. when performing remote Docker image builds.
Additionally, any exec
runtime actions (and potentially others) that reference this Build with the build
field, will run from the source directory of this action.
While there may be good reasons to do this in some situations, please be aware that this increases the potential for side-effects and variability in builds. You must take extra care, including making sure that files generated during builds are excluded with e.g. .gardenignore
files or exclude
fields on potentially affected actions. Another potential issue is causing infinite loops when running with file-watching enabled, basically triggering a new build during the build.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
copyFrom[]
copyFrom[]
Copy files from other builds, ahead of running this build.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
copyFrom[].build
copyFrom[].build
copyFrom > build
The name of the Build action to copy from.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| Yes |
copyFrom[].sourcePath
copyFrom[].sourcePath
copyFrom > sourcePath
POSIX-style path or filename of the directory or file(s) to copy to the target, relative to the build path of the source build.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| Yes |
copyFrom[].targetPath
copyFrom[].targetPath
copyFrom > targetPath
POSIX-style path or filename to copy the directory or file(s), relative to the build directory. Defaults to to same as source path.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
include[]
include[]
Specify a list of POSIX-style paths or globs that should be included as the build context for the Build, and will affect the computed version of the action.
If nothing is specified here, the whole directory may be assumed to be included in the build. Providers are sometimes able to infer the list of paths, e.g. from a Dockerfile, but often this is inaccurate (say, if a Dockerfile has an ADD .
statement) so it may be important to set include
and/or exclude
to define the build context. Otherwise you may find unrelated files being included in the build context and the build version, which may result in unnecessarily repeated builds.
You can exclude files using the exclude
field or by placing .gardenignore
files in your source tree, which use the same format as .gitignore
files. See the Configuration Files guide for details.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
Example:
exclude[]
exclude[]
Specify a list of POSIX-style paths or glob patterns that should be explicitly excluded from the build context and the Build version.
Providers are sometimes able to infer the include
field, e.g. from a Dockerfile, but often this is inaccurate (say, if a Dockerfile has an ADD .
statement) so it may be important to set include
and/or exclude
to define the build context. Otherwise you may find unrelated files being included in the build context and the build version, which may result in unnecessarily repeated builds.
Unlike the scan.exclude
field in the project config, the filters here have no effect on which files and directories are watched for changes when watching is enabled. Use the project scan.exclude
field to affect those, if you have large directories that should not be watched for changes.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
Example:
timeout
timeout
Set a timeout for the build to complete, in seconds.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
spec
spec
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
spec.localId
spec.localId
spec > localId
Specify an image ID to use when building locally, instead of the default of using the action name. Must be a valid Docker image identifier. Note that the image tag is always set to the action version.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
spec.publishId
spec.publishId
spec > publishId
Specify an image ID to use when publishing the image (via the garden publish
command), instead of the default of using the action name. Must be a valid Docker image identifier.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
spec.targetStage
spec.targetStage
spec > targetStage
For multi-stage Dockerfiles, specify which image/stage to build (see https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/build/#specifying-target-build-stage---target for details).
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
spec.buildArgs
spec.buildArgs
spec > buildArgs
Specify build arguments to use when building the container image.
Note: Garden will always set a GARDEN_ACTION_VERSION
(alias GARDEN_MODULE_VERSION
) argument with the module/build version at build time.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
spec.platforms[]
spec.platforms[]
spec > platforms
Specify the platforms to build the image for. This is useful when building multi-platform images. The format is os/arch
, e.g. linux/amd64
, linux/arm64
, etc.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
spec.secrets
spec.secrets
spec > secrets
Secret values that can be mounted in the Dockerfile, but do not become part of the image filesystem or image manifest. This is useful e.g. for private registry auth tokens.
Build arguments and environment variables are inappropriate for secrets, as they persist in the final image.
The secret can later be consumed in the Dockerfile like so:
See also https://docs.docker.com/build/building/secrets/
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
Example:
spec.dockerfile
spec.dockerfile
spec > dockerfile
POSIX-style name of a Dockerfile, relative to the action's source root.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
spec.projectType
spec.projectType
spec > projectType
The type of project to build. Defaults to auto-detecting between gradle and maven (based on which files/directories are found in the action root), but in some cases you may need to specify it.
Type | Allowed Values | Default | Required |
---|---|---|---|
| "gradle", "maven", "jib", "auto", "mavend" |
| Yes |
spec.jdkVersion
spec.jdkVersion
spec > jdkVersion
The JDK version to use.
The chosen version will be downloaded by Garden and used to define JAVA_HOME
environment variable for Gradle and Maven.
To use an arbitrary JDK distribution, please use the jdkPath
configuration option.
Type | Allowed Values | Default | Required |
---|---|---|---|
| 8, 11, 13, 17, 21 |
| Yes |
spec.jdkPath
spec.jdkPath
spec > jdkPath
The JDK home path. This always overrides the JDK defined in jdkVersion
.
The value will be used as JAVA_HOME
environment variable for Gradle and Maven.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
Example:
spec.dockerBuild
spec.dockerBuild
spec > dockerBuild
Build the image and push to a local Docker daemon (i.e. use the jib:dockerBuild
/ jibDockerBuild
target).
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
spec.tarOnly
spec.tarOnly
spec > tarOnly
Don't load or push the resulting image to a Docker daemon or registry, only build it as a tar file.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
spec.tarFormat
spec.tarFormat
spec > tarFormat
Specify the image format in the resulting tar file. Only used if tarOnly: true
.
Type | Allowed Values | Default | Required |
---|---|---|---|
| "docker", "oci" |
| Yes |
spec.gradlePath
spec.gradlePath
spec > gradlePath
Defines the location of the custom executable Gradle binary.
If not provided, then the Gradle binary available in the working directory will be used. If no Gradle binary found in the working dir, then Gradle 7.5.1 will be downloaded and used.
Note! Either jdkVersion
or jdkPath
will be used to define JAVA_HOME
environment variable for the custom Gradle. To ensure a system JDK usage, please set jdkPath
to ${local.env.JAVA_HOME}
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
spec.mavenPath
spec.mavenPath
spec > mavenPath
Defines the location of the custom executable Maven binary.
If not provided, then Maven 3.8.8 will be downloaded and used.
Note! Either jdkVersion
or jdkPath
will be used to define JAVA_HOME
environment variable for the custom Maven. To ensure a system JDK usage, please set jdkPath
to ${local.env.JAVA_HOME}
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
spec.mavenPhases[]
spec.mavenPhases[]
spec > mavenPhases
Defines the Maven phases to be executed during the Garden build step.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
spec.mavendPath
spec.mavendPath
spec > mavendPath
Defines the location of the custom executable Maven Daemon binary.
If not provided, then Maven Daemon 0.9.0 will be downloaded and used.
Note! Either jdkVersion
or jdkPath
will be used to define JAVA_HOME
environment variable for the custom Maven Daemon. To ensure a system JDK usage, please set jdkPath
to ${local.env.JAVA_HOME}
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
spec.concurrentMavenBuilds
spec.concurrentMavenBuilds
spec > concurrentMavenBuilds
Experimental: this is an experimental feature and the API might change in the future.
[EXPERIMENTAL] Enable/disable concurrent Maven and Maven Daemon builds.
Note! Concurrent builds can be unstable. This option is disabled by default. This option must be configured for each Build action individually.
Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|
|
| No |
spec.extraFlags[]
spec.extraFlags[]
spec > extraFlags
Specify extra flags to pass to maven/gradle when building the container image.
Type | Required |
---|---|
| No |
Outputs
The following keys are available via the ${actions.build.<name>}
template string key for jib-container
action.
${actions.build.<name>.name}
${actions.build.<name>.name}
The name of the action.
Type |
---|
|
${actions.build.<name>.disabled}
${actions.build.<name>.disabled}
Whether the action is disabled.
Type |
---|
|
Example:
${actions.build.<name>.buildPath}
${actions.build.<name>.buildPath}
The local path to the action build directory.
Type |
---|
|
Example:
${actions.build.<name>.sourcePath}
${actions.build.<name>.sourcePath}
The local path to the action source directory.
Type |
---|
|
Example:
${actions.build.<name>.mode}
${actions.build.<name>.mode}
The mode that the action should be executed in (e.g. 'sync' or 'local' for Deploy actions). Set to 'default' if no special mode is being used.
Build actions inherit the mode from Deploy actions that depend on them. E.g. If a Deploy action is in 'sync' mode and depends on a Build action, the Build action will inherit the 'sync' mode setting from the Deploy action. This enables installing different tools that may be necessary for different development modes.
Type | Default |
---|---|
|
|
Example:
${actions.build.<name>.var.*}
${actions.build.<name>.var.*}
The variables configured on the action.
Type | Default |
---|---|
|
|
${actions.build.<name>.var.<name>}
${actions.build.<name>.var.<name>}
Type |
---|
|
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