Replace ansible-builder with plain container building

.github/workflows/tox.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   tox:
     name: ${{ matrix.toxenv }}
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false

Containerfile

@@ -1,38 +1,24 @@
-ARG EE_BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/ansible/ansible-runner:latest
-ARG EE_BUILDER_IMAGE=quay.io/ansible/ansible-builder:latest
-
-FROM $EE_BASE_IMAGE as galaxy
-ARG ANSIBLE_GALAXY_CLI_COLLECTION_OPTS=
-USER root
-
-ADD _build /build
-WORKDIR /build
-
-RUN ansible-galaxy role install -r requirements.yml --roles-path "/usr/share/ansible/roles"
-RUN ANSIBLE_GALAXY_DISABLE_GPG_VERIFY=1 ansible-galaxy collection install $ANSIBLE_GALAXY_CLI_COLLECTION_OPTS -r requirements.yml --collections-path "/usr/share/ansible/collections"
-
-FROM $EE_BUILDER_IMAGE as builder
-
-COPY --from=galaxy /usr/share/ansible /usr/share/ansible
-
-ADD _build/requirements.txt requirements.txt
-ADD _build/bindep.txt bindep.txt
-RUN ansible-builder introspect --sanitize --user-pip=requirements.txt --user-bindep=bindep.txt --write-bindep=/tmp/src/bindep.txt --write-pip=/tmp/src/requirements.txt
-RUN assemble
-
+# Overly simplified single stage build process: we take all binary dependencies
+# using dnf and use pip to install the rest.
+ARG EE_BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/fedora/fedora:latest
 FROM $EE_BASE_IMAGE
 USER root
 
-COPY --from=galaxy /usr/share/ansible /usr/share/ansible
-
-COPY --from=builder /output/ /output/
-RUN /output/install-from-bindep && rm -rf /output/wheels
-RUN set -ex && /output/install-from-bindep && rm -rf /output/wheels && alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3 && dnf -y upgrade && dnf autoremove
+COPY _build/requirements.in /root/requirements.in
+COPY _build/requirements.txt /root/requirements.txt
+RUN \
+dnf update -y && \
+dnf -y upgrade && \
+dnf install -y podman python3-pip git python3-cffi python3-cryptography python3-ruamel-yaml python3-pyyaml python3-pyrsistent && \
+dnf autoremove
+RUN \
+pip3 install -r /root/requirements.in -c /root/requirements.txt && \
+rm -rf $(pip3 cache dir)
 # add some helpful CLI commands to check we do not remove them inadvertently and output some helpful version information at build time.
 RUN set -ex \
-  && molecule --version \
-  && molecule drivers \
-  && ansible-lint --version \
-  && podman --version \
-  && python --version \
-  && git --version
+&& ansible-lint --version \
+&& molecule --version \
+&& molecule drivers \
+&& podman --version \
+&& python3 --version \
+&& git --version

tox.ini

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ requires =
 
 [testenv]
 description =
-  build: Build `{env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME}:{env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG}` container
+  build: Build `{env:TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME}:{env:TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG}` container
   podman: Build container using podman
   docker: Build container using docker
 allowlist_externals =
@@ -24,23 +24,16 @@ allowlist_externals =
   podman
 basepython = python3
 commands_pre =
-  /bin/bash -c "{env:CONTAINER_RUNTIME:podman} rmi {env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME}:{env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG} || true"
+  /bin/bash -c "{env:CONTAINER_RUNTIME:podman} rmi {env:TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME}:{env:TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG} || true"
 commands =
-  ansible-builder build \
-    -v3 \
-    -c . \
-    {posargs:-t {env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME}:{env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG}} \
-    {env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_POST_ARGS:}
-  # safety measure to keep container image under control
-  # https://github.com/wemake-services/docker-image-size-limit/issues/223
-  docker: disl {env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME}:{env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG} 1700MiB
+  # --platform linux/amd64
+  {env:CONTAINER_RUNTIME:podman} buildx build --load . -t {env:TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME}:{env:TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG}
+  {env:CONTAINER_RUNTIME:podman} inspect --format='\{\{ json .Size \}\}' quay.io/ansible/creator-ee
 deps =
   ansible-builder
-  docker-image-size-limit
-  paramiko  # indirect docker-image-size-limit
 passenv =
-  ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME
-  ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG
+  TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME
+  TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG
   HOME
   # all below needed by container engines
   CONTAINER_RUNTIME
@@ -50,10 +43,11 @@ passenv =
   SSH_AUTH_SOCK
   TERM
 setenv =
+  podman: CONTAINER_RUNTIME=podman
   docker: CONTAINER_RUNTIME=docker
   ANSIBLE_BUILDER_POST_ARGS = --container-runtime={env:CONTAINER_RUNTIME:podman}
-  ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME = {env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME:quay.io/ansible/creator-ee}
-  ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG = {env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG:latest}
+  TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME = {env:TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME:quay.io/ansible/creator-ee}
+  TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG = {env:TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG:latest}
 
 [testenv:lint]
 description = Run all linters
@@ -70,4 +64,4 @@ commands_pre =
 deps =
 commands =
   echo "Starting container, wait for login prompt."
-  {env:CONTAINER_RUNTIME:podman} run -it {env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME}:{env:ANSIBLE_BUILDER_TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG} /bin/bash
+  {env:CONTAINER_RUNTIME:podman} run -it {env:TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME}:{env:TARGET_CONTAINER_TAG} /bin/bash