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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions Dockerfile
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Expand Up @@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ COPY ./must-gather ./must-gather
USER 0
RUN make build

FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal
FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-micro

RUN INSTALL_PKGS=" \
openssl \
openssl-libs \
ca-certificates \
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔴 Critical | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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printf '%s\n' '--- repository conventions and learnings ---'
find /tmp/coderabbit-repo-knowledge/openshift-cluster-logging-operator-c6ee2282 \
  -type f -name '*.md' -print | sort
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant convention headers ---'
for f in /tmp/coderabbit-repo-knowledge/openshift-cluster-logging-operator-c6ee2282/*/*.md; do
  [ -f "$f" ] && { echo "### $f"; head -5 "$f"; }
done
printf '%s\n' '--- candidate container files ---'
git ls-files '*Dockerfile*' '*docker*' | sort
printf '%s\n' '--- affected Dockerfile sections ---'
for f in Dockerfile Dockerfile.art; do
  if [ -f "$f" ]; then
    echo "### $f"
    cat -n "$f" | sed -n '1,80p'
  fi
done

Repository: openshift/cluster-logging-operator

Length of output: 8104

🌐 Web query:

Red Hat UBI Micro does not include a package manager microdnf official documentation

💡 Result:

It is correct that the Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI) Micro does not include a package manager [1][2][3]. Red Hat explicitly excludes both microdnf and dnf, along with their dependencies, from the UBI Micro image to create the smallest possible image size and reduce the attack surface, a practice often referred to as "distroless" [1][2][3]. Because UBI Micro lacks a native package manager, software installation must be handled externally. Red Hat official documentation recommends the following methods for adding software to UBI Micro: 1. Build-time installation: Use tools like Buildah to mount the UBI Micro image from the host and install packages directly into the image's filesystem [4][2]. 2. DNF/Microdnf with --installroot: You can use dnf or microdnf on the host system (or within a container builder stage) to install packages into the UBI Micro root directory by specifying the --installroot option [2][5]. In contrast, the UBI Minimal image does include microdnf, which allows for package management directly inside the container [1][6][3].

Citations:

Do not run microdnf in either UBI Micro runtime stage. UBI Micro excludes microdnf, so the microdnf install command fails in both final stages. Install packages in a UBI Minimal or build stage, then copy them into UBI Micro, or use UBI Minimal as the runtime base.

📍 Affects 2 files
  • Dockerfile#L20-L24 (this comment)
  • Dockerfile.art#L11-L15
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In `@Dockerfile` around lines 20 - 24, Remove microdnf usage from both UBI Micro
runtime stages in Dockerfile lines 20-24 and Dockerfile.art lines 11-15. Install
the required packages in a UBI Minimal or build stage and copy them into the UBI
Micro stages, or change the runtime base to UBI Minimal while preserving the
required runtime dependencies.

rsync \
file \
xz \
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Expand Up @@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src

RUN make build BUILD_OPTS="-tags strictfipsruntime"

FROM registry.redhat.io/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.7
FROM registry.redhat.io/ubi9/ubi-micro:9.7

RUN INSTALL_PKGS=" \
openssl-libs \
ca-certificates \
rsync \
file \
xz \
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