Add support for checkpoint image

cmd/podman/containers/checkpoint.go

@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ func init() {
 	flags.BoolVarP(&checkpointOptions.PreCheckPoint, "pre-checkpoint", "P", false, "Dump container's memory information only, leave the container running")
 	flags.BoolVar(&checkpointOptions.WithPrevious, "with-previous", false, "Checkpoint container with pre-checkpoint images")
 
+	createImageFlagName := "create-image"
+	flags.StringVarP(&checkpointOptions.CreateImage, createImageFlagName, "", "", "Create checkpoint image with specified name")
+	_ = checkpointCommand.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(createImageFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+
 	flags.StringP("compress", "c", "zstd", "Select compression algorithm (gzip, none, zstd) for checkpoint archive.")
 	_ = checkpointCommand.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("compress", common.AutocompleteCheckpointCompressType)
 

cmd/podman/containers/restore.go

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/registry"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/utils"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/validate"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/domain/entities"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/rootless"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -23,15 +23,16 @@ var (
    Restores a container from a checkpoint. The container name or ID can be used.
 `
 	restoreCommand = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "restore [options] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]",
+		Use:   "restore [options] CONTAINER|IMAGE [CONTAINER|IMAGE...]",
 		Short: "Restores one or more containers from a checkpoint",
 		Long:  restoreDescription,
 		RunE:  restore,
 		Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return validate.CheckAllLatestAndCIDFile(cmd, args, true, false)
 		},
-		ValidArgsFunction: common.AutocompleteContainers,
+		ValidArgsFunction: common.AutocompleteContainersAndImages,
 		Example: `podman container restore ctrID
+  podman container restore imageID
   podman container restore --latest
   podman container restore --all`,
 	}
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func init() {
 	_ = restoreCommand.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(importFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
 
 	nameFlagName := "name"
-	flags.StringVarP(&restoreOptions.Name, nameFlagName, "n", "", "Specify new name for container restored from exported checkpoint (only works with --import)")
+	flags.StringVarP(&restoreOptions.Name, nameFlagName, "n", "", "Specify new name for container restored from exported checkpoint (only works with image or --import)")
 	_ = restoreCommand.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(nameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
 	importPreviousFlagName := "import-previous"
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ func init() {
 	)
 	_ = restoreCommand.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("publish", completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	flags.StringVar(&restoreOptions.Pod, "pod", "", "Restore container into existing Pod (only works with --import)")
+	flags.StringVar(&restoreOptions.Pod, "pod", "", "Restore container into existing Pod (only works with image or --import)")
 	_ = restoreCommand.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("pod", common.AutocompletePodsRunning)
 
 	flags.BoolVar(
@@ -95,25 +96,51 @@ func restore(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var errs utils.OutputErrors
 	podmanStart := time.Now()
 	if rootless.IsRootless() {
-		return errors.New("restoring a container requires root")
+		return fmt.Errorf("restoring a container requires root")
 	}
-	if restoreOptions.Import == "" && restoreOptions.ImportPrevious != "" {
-		return errors.Errorf("--import-previous can only be used with --import")
+
+	// Find out if this is an image
+	inspectOpts := entities.InspectOptions{}
+	imgData, _, err := registry.ImageEngine().Inspect(context.Background(), args, inspectOpts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	if restoreOptions.Import == "" && restoreOptions.IgnoreRootFS {
-		return errors.Errorf("--ignore-rootfs can only be used with --import")
+
+	hostInfo, err := registry.ContainerEngine().Info(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	if restoreOptions.Import == "" && restoreOptions.IgnoreVolumes {
-		return errors.Errorf("--ignore-volumes can only be used with --import")
+
+	for i := range imgData {
+		restoreOptions.CheckpointImage = true
+		checkpointRuntimeName, found := imgData[i].Annotations[define.CheckpointAnnotationRuntimeName]
+		if !found {
+			return fmt.Errorf("image is not a checkpoint: %s", imgData[i].ID)
+		}
+		if hostInfo.Host.OCIRuntime.Name != checkpointRuntimeName {
+			return fmt.Errorf("container image \"%s\" requires runtime: \"%s\"", imgData[i].ID, checkpointRuntimeName)
+		}
+	}
+
+	notImport := (!restoreOptions.CheckpointImage && restoreOptions.Import == "")
+
+	if notImport && restoreOptions.ImportPrevious != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--import-previous can only be used with image or --import")
 	}
-	if restoreOptions.Import == "" && restoreOptions.Name != "" {
-		return errors.Errorf("--name can only be used with --import")
+	if notImport && restoreOptions.IgnoreRootFS {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--ignore-rootfs can only be used with image or --import")
 	}
-	if restoreOptions.Import == "" && restoreOptions.Pod != "" {
-		return errors.Errorf("--pod can only be used with --import")
+	if notImport && restoreOptions.IgnoreVolumes {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--ignore-volumes can only be used with image or --import")
+	}
+	if notImport && restoreOptions.Name != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--name can only be used with image or --import")
+	}
+	if notImport && restoreOptions.Pod != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--pod can only be used with image or --import")
 	}
 	if restoreOptions.Name != "" && restoreOptions.TCPEstablished {
-		return errors.Errorf("--tcp-established cannot be used with --name")
+		return fmt.Errorf("--tcp-established cannot be used with --name")
 	}
 
 	inputPorts, err := cmd.Flags().GetStringSlice("publish")
@@ -125,17 +152,20 @@ func restore(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	argLen := len(args)
 	if restoreOptions.Import != "" {
 		if restoreOptions.All || restoreOptions.Latest {
-			return errors.Errorf("Cannot use --import with --all or --latest")
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot use --import with --all or --latest")
 		}
 		if argLen > 0 {
-			return errors.Errorf("Cannot use --import with positional arguments")
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot use --import with positional arguments")
 		}
 	}
 	if (restoreOptions.All || restoreOptions.Latest) && argLen > 0 {
-		return errors.Errorf("--all or --latest and containers cannot be used together")
+		return fmt.Errorf("--all or --latest and containers cannot be used together")
 	}
 	if argLen < 1 && !restoreOptions.All && !restoreOptions.Latest && restoreOptions.Import == "" {
-		return errors.Errorf("you must provide at least one name or id")
+		return fmt.Errorf("you must provide at least one name or id")
+	}
+	if argLen > 1 && restoreOptions.Name != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--name can only be used with one checkpoint image")
 	}
 	responses, err := registry.ContainerEngine().ContainerRestore(context.Background(), args, restoreOptions)
 	if err != nil {

docs/source/markdown/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md

@@ -28,6 +28,60 @@ archives. Not compressing the checkpoint archive can result in faster checkpoint
 archive creation.\
 The default is **zstd**.
 
+#### **--create-image**=*image*
+
+Create a checkpoint image from a running container. This is a standard OCI image
+created in the local image store. It consists of a single layer that contains
+all of the checkpoint files. The content of this image layer is in the same format as a
+checkpoint created with **--export**. A checkpoint image can be pushed to a
+standard container registry and pulled on a different system to enable container
+migration. In addition, the image can be exported with **podman image save** and
+inspected with **podman inspect**. Inspecting a checkpoint image would display
+additional information, stored as annotations, about the host environment used
+to do the checkpoint:
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.name**: Human-readable name of the original
+  container.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.rawImageName**: Unprocessed name of the
+  image used to create the original container (as specified by the user).
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.rootfsImageID**: ID of the image used to
+  create the original container.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.rootfsImageName**: Image name used to
+  create the original container.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.podman.version**: Version of Podman used to
+  create the checkpoint.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.criu.version**: Version of CRIU used to
+  create the checkpoint.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.runtime.name**: Container runtime (e.g.,
+  runc, crun) used to create the checkpoint.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.runtime.version**: Version of the container
+  runtime used to create the checkpoint.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.conmon.version**: Version of conmon used
+  with the original container.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.host.arch**: CPU architecture of the host
+  on which the checkpoint was created.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.host.kernel**: Version of Linux kernel
+  of the host where the checkpoint was created.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.cgroups.version**: cgroup version used by
+  the host where the checkpoint was created.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.distribution.version**: Version of host
+  distribution on which the checkpoint was created.
+
+- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.distribution.name**: Name of host
+  distribution on which the checkpoint was created.
+
 #### **--export**, **-e**=*archive*
 
 Export the checkpoint to a tar.gz file. The exported checkpoint can be used
@@ -145,6 +199,11 @@ Make a checkpoint for the container "mywebserver".
 # podman container checkpoint mywebserver
 ```
 
+Create a checkpoint image for the container "mywebserver".
+```
+# podman container checkpoint --create-image mywebserver-checkpoint-1 mywebserver
+```
+
 Dumps the container's memory information of the latest container into an archive.
 ```
 # podman container checkpoint -P -e pre-checkpoint.tar.gz -l

docs/source/markdown/podman-container-restore.1.md

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 podman\-container\-restore - Restores one or more containers from a checkpoint
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
-**podman container restore** [*options*] *container* [*container* ...]
+**podman container restore** [*options*] *name* [...]
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
-**podman container restore** restores a container from a checkpoint. The *container IDs* or *names* are used as input.
+**podman container restore** restores a container from a container checkpoint or
+checkpoint image. The *container IDs*, *image IDs* or *names* are used as input.
 
 ## OPTIONS
 #### **--all**, **-a**
@@ -106,14 +107,16 @@ If the **--name, -n** option is used, Podman will not attempt to assign the same
 address to the *container* it was using before checkpointing as each IP address can only
 be used once and the restored *container* will have another IP address. This also means
 that **--name, -n** cannot be used in combination with **--tcp-established**.\
-*IMPORTANT: This OPTION is only available in combination with __--import, -i__.*
+*IMPORTANT: This OPTION is only available for a checkpoint image or in combination
+with __--import, -i__.*
 
 #### **--pod**=*name*
 
 Restore a container into the pod *name*. The destination pod for this restore
 has to have the same namespaces shared as the pod this container was checkpointed
 from (see **[podman pod create --share](podman-pod-create.1.md#--share)**).\
-*IMPORTANT: This OPTION is only available in combination with __--import, -i__.*
+*IMPORTANT: This OPTION is only available for a checkpoint image or in combination
+with __--import, -i__.*
 
 This option requires at least CRIU 3.16.
 
@@ -175,6 +178,15 @@ $ podman run --rm -p 2345:80 -d webserver
 # podman container restore -p 5432:8080 --import=dump.tar
 ```
 
+Start a container with the name "foobar-1". Create a checkpoint image "foobar-checkpoint". Restore the container from the checkpoint image with a different name.
+```
+# podman run --name foobar-1 -d webserver
+# podman container checkpoint --create-image foobar-checkpoint foobar-1
+# podman inspect foobar-checkpoint
+# podman container restore --name foobar-2 foobar-checkpoint
+# podman container restore --name foobar-3 foobar-checkpoint
+```
+
 ## SEE ALSO
 **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-container-checkpoint(1)](podman-container-checkpoint.1.md)**, **[podman-run(1)](podman-run.1.md)**, **[podman-pod-create(1)](podman-pod-create.1.md)**, **criu(8)**
 

go.mod

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/buger/goterm v1.0.4
-	github.com/checkpoint-restore/checkpointctl v0.0.0-20211204171957-54b4ebfdb681
+	github.com/checkpoint-restore/checkpointctl v0.0.0-20220321135231-33f4a66335f0
 	github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5 v5.3.0
 	github.com/container-orchestrated-devices/container-device-interface v0.3.2
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.0.1

go.sum

@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 h1:YRXhKfTDauu4ajMg1TPgFO5jnlC2HCbmLXMcTG5cb
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/charithe/durationcheck v0.0.9/go.mod h1:SSbRIBVfMjCi/kEB6K65XEA83D6prSM8ap1UCpNKtgg=
 github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20210405164556-e8a0a408d6af/go.mod h1:Qjyv4H3//PWVzTeCezG2b9IRn6myJxJSr4TD/xo6ojU=
-github.com/checkpoint-restore/checkpointctl v0.0.0-20211204171957-54b4ebfdb681 h1:Jj8mYL2K6peLJdvT10oGTyYyBPqOynmly37D+iL3xNw=
-github.com/checkpoint-restore/checkpointctl v0.0.0-20211204171957-54b4ebfdb681/go.mod h1:67kWC1PXQLR3lM/mmNnu3Kzn7K4TSWZAGUuQP1JSngk=
+github.com/checkpoint-restore/checkpointctl v0.0.0-20220321135231-33f4a66335f0 h1:txB5jvhzUCSiiQmqmMWpo5CEB7Gj/Hq5Xqi7eaPl8ko=
+github.com/checkpoint-restore/checkpointctl v0.0.0-20220321135231-33f4a66335f0/go.mod h1:67kWC1PXQLR3lM/mmNnu3Kzn7K4TSWZAGUuQP1JSngk=
 github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v4 v4.1.0/go.mod h1:xUQBLp4RLc5zJtWY++yjOoMoB5lihDt7fai+75m+rGw=
 github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5 v5.0.0/go.mod h1:cfwC0EG7HMUenopBsUf9d89JlCLQIfgVcNsNN0t6T2M=
 github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5 v5.2.0/go.mod h1:E/eQpaFtUKGOOSEBZgmKAcn+zUUwWxqcaKZlF54wK8E=

libpod/container_api.go

@@ -754,6 +754,9 @@ type ContainerCheckpointOptions struct {
 	// TargetFile tells the API to read (or write) the checkpoint image
 	// from (or to) the filename set in TargetFile
 	TargetFile string
+	// CheckpointImageID tells the API to restore the container from
+	// checkpoint image with ID set in CheckpointImageID
+	CheckpointImageID string
 	// Name tells the API that during restore from an exported
 	// checkpoint archive a new name should be used for the
 	// restored container
@@ -781,6 +784,9 @@ type ContainerCheckpointOptions struct {
 	// ImportPrevious tells the API to restore container with two
 	// images. One is TargetFile, the other is ImportPrevious.
 	ImportPrevious string
+	// CreateImage tells Podman to create an OCI image from container
+	// checkpoint in the local image store.
+	CreateImage string
 	// Compression tells the API which compression to use for
 	// the exported checkpoint archive.
 	Compression archive.Compression

libpod/container_internal.go

@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ func (c *Container) ControlSocketPath() string {
 	return filepath.Join(c.bundlePath(), "ctl")
 }
 
+// CheckpointVolumesPath returns the path to the directory containing the checkpointed volumes
+func (c *Container) CheckpointVolumesPath() string {
+	return filepath.Join(c.bundlePath(), metadata.CheckpointVolumesDirectory)
+}
+
 // CheckpointPath returns the path to the directory containing the checkpoint
 func (c *Container) CheckpointPath() string {
 	return filepath.Join(c.bundlePath(), metadata.CheckpointDirectory)