To support multi-tenancy, containerd allows the collection of metadata
and runtime objects within a heirarchical storage primitive known as
namespaces. Data cannot be shared across these namespaces, unless
allowed by the service. This allows multiple sets of containers to
managed without interaction between the clients that management. This
means that different users, such as SwarmKit, K8s, Docker and others can
use containerd without coordination. Through labels, one may use
namespaces as a tool for cleanly organizing the use of containerd
containers, including the metadata storage for higher level features,
such as ACLs.
Namespaces
Namespaces cross-cut all containerd operations and are communicated via
context, either within the Go context or via GRPC headers. As a general
rule, no features are tied to namespace, other than organization. This
will be maintained into the future. They are created as a side-effect of
operating on them or may be created manually. Namespaces can be labeled
for organization. They cannot be deleted unless the namespace is empty,
although we may want to make it so one can clean up the entirety of
containerd by deleting a namespace.
Most users will interface with namespaces by setting in the
context or via the `CONTAINERD_NAMESPACE` environment variable, but the
experience is mostly left to the client. For `ctr` and `dist`, we have
defined a "default" namespace that will be created up on use, but there
is nothing special about it. As part of this PR we have plumbed this
behavior through all commands, cleaning up context management along the
way.
Namespaces in Action
Namespaces can be managed with the `ctr namespaces` subcommand. They
can be created, labeled and destroyed.
A few commands can demonstrate the power of namespaces for use with
images. First, lets create a namespace:
```
$ ctr namespaces create foo mylabel=bar
$ ctr namespaces ls
NAME LABELS
foo mylabel=bar
```
We can see that we have a namespace `foo` and it has a label. Let's pull
an image:
```
$ dist pull docker.io/library/redis:latest
docker.io/library/redis:latest: resolved |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
manifest-sha256:548a75066f3f280eb017a6ccda34c561ccf4f25459ef8e36d6ea582b6af1decf: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:d45bc46b48e45e8c72c41aedd2a173bcc7f1ea4084a8fcfc5251b1da2a09c0b6: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:5b690bc4eaa6434456ceaccf9b3e42229bd2691869ba439e515b28fe1a66c009: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
config-sha256:a858478874d144f6bfc03ae2d4598e2942fc9994159f2872e39fae88d45bd847: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:4cdd94354d2a873333a205a02dbb853dd763c73600e0cf64f60b4bd7ab694875: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:10a267c67f423630f3afe5e04bbbc93d578861ddcc54283526222f3ad5e895b9: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:c54584150374aa94b9f7c3fbd743adcff5adead7a3cf7207b0e51551ac4a5517: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:d1f9221193a65eaf1b0afc4f1d4fbb7f0f209369d2696e1c07671668e150ed2b: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:71c1f30d820f0457df186531dc4478967d075ba449bd3168a3e82137a47daf03: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
elapsed: 0.9 s total: 0.0 B (0.0 B/s)
INFO[0000] unpacking rootfs
INFO[0000] Unpacked chain id: sha256:41719840acf0f89e761f4a97c6074b6e2c6c25e3830fcb39301496b5d36f9b51
```
Now, let's list the image:
```
$ dist images ls
REF TYPE DIGEST SIZE
docker.io/library/redis:latest application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json sha256:548a75066f3f280eb017a6ccda34c561ccf4f25459ef8e36d6ea582b6af1decf 72.7 MiB
```
That looks normal. Let's list the images for the `foo` namespace and see
this in action:
```
$ CONTAINERD_NAMESPACE=foo dist images ls
REF TYPE DIGEST SIZE
```
Look at that! Nothing was pulled in the namespace `foo`. Let's do the
same pull:
```
$ CONTAINERD_NAMESPACE=foo dist pull docker.io/library/redis:latest
docker.io/library/redis:latest: resolved |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
manifest-sha256:548a75066f3f280eb017a6ccda34c561ccf4f25459ef8e36d6ea582b6af1decf: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:d45bc46b48e45e8c72c41aedd2a173bcc7f1ea4084a8fcfc5251b1da2a09c0b6: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
config-sha256:a858478874d144f6bfc03ae2d4598e2942fc9994159f2872e39fae88d45bd847: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:4cdd94354d2a873333a205a02dbb853dd763c73600e0cf64f60b4bd7ab694875: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:c54584150374aa94b9f7c3fbd743adcff5adead7a3cf7207b0e51551ac4a5517: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:71c1f30d820f0457df186531dc4478967d075ba449bd3168a3e82137a47daf03: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:d1f9221193a65eaf1b0afc4f1d4fbb7f0f209369d2696e1c07671668e150ed2b: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:10a267c67f423630f3afe5e04bbbc93d578861ddcc54283526222f3ad5e895b9: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:5b690bc4eaa6434456ceaccf9b3e42229bd2691869ba439e515b28fe1a66c009: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
elapsed: 0.8 s total: 0.0 B (0.0 B/s)
INFO[0000] unpacking rootfs
INFO[0000] Unpacked chain id: sha256:41719840acf0f89e761f4a97c6074b6e2c6c25e3830fcb39301496b5d36f9b51
```
Wow, that was very snappy! Looks like we pulled that image into out
namespace but didn't have to download any new data because we are
sharing storage. Let's take a peak at the images we have in `foo`:
```
$ CONTAINERD_NAMESPACE=foo dist images ls
REF TYPE DIGEST SIZE
docker.io/library/redis:latest application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json sha256:548a75066f3f280eb017a6ccda34c561ccf4f25459ef8e36d6ea582b6af1decf 72.7 MiB
```
Now, let's remove that image from `foo`:
```
$ CONTAINERD_NAMESPACE=foo dist images rm
docker.io/library/redis:latest
```
Looks like it is gone:
```
$ CONTAINERD_NAMESPACE=foo dist images ls
REF TYPE DIGEST SIZE
```
But, as we can see, it is present in the `default` namespace:
```
$ dist images ls
REF TYPE DIGEST SIZE
docker.io/library/redis:latest application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json sha256:548a75066f3f280eb017a6ccda34c561ccf4f25459ef8e36d6ea582b6af1decf 72.7 MiB
```
What happened here? We can tell by listing the namespaces to get a
better understanding:
```
$ ctr namespaces ls
NAME LABELS
default
foo mylabel=bar
```
From the above, we can see that the `default` namespace was created with
the standard commands without the environment variable set. Isolating
the set of shared images while sharing the data that matters.
Since we removed the images for namespace `foo`, we can remove it now:
```
$ ctr namespaces rm foo
foo
```
However, when we try to remove the `default` namespace, we get an error:
```
$ ctr namespaces rm default
ctr: unable to delete default: rpc error: code = FailedPrecondition desc = namespace default must be empty
```
This is because we require that namespaces be empty when removed.
Caveats
- While most metadata objects are namespaced, containers and tasks may
exhibit some issues. We still need to move runtimes to namespaces and
the container metadata storage may not be fully worked out.
- Still need to migrate content store to metadata storage and namespace
the content store such that some data storage (ie images).
- Specifics of snapshot driver's relation to namespace needs to be
worked out in detail.
Signed-off-by: Stephen J Day <stephen.day@docker.com>
Split resolver to only return a name with separate methods
for getting a fetcher and pusher. Add implementation for
push.
Signed-off-by: Derek McGowan <derek@mcgstyle.net>
Allow usage of the experimental docker resolver as a package. There are
very few changes to the consuming code, demonstrating the effectiveness
of the abstraction. This move will allow future contributions to a more
featured resolver implementation.
Signed-off-by: Stephen J Day <stephen.day@docker.com>
After receiving feedback during containerd summit walk through of the
pull POC, we found that the resolution flow for names was out of place.
We could see this present in awkward places where we were trying to
re-resolve whether something was a digest or a tag and extra retries to
various endpoints.
By centering this problem around, "what do we write in the metadata
store?", the following interface comes about:
```
Resolve(ctx context.Context, ref string) (name string, desc ocispec.Descriptor, fetcher Fetcher, err error)
```
The above takes an "opaque" reference (we'll get to this later) and
returns the canonical name for the object, a content description of the
object and a `Fetcher` that can be used to retrieve the object and its
child resources. We can write `name` into the metadata store, pointing
at the descriptor. Descisions about discovery, trust, provenance,
distribution are completely abstracted away from the pulling code.
A first response to such a monstrosity is "that is a lot of return
arguments". When we look at the actual, we can see that in practice, the
usage pattern works well, albeit we don't quite demonstrate the utility
of `name`, which will be more apparent later. Designs that allowed
separate resolution of the `Fetcher` and the return of a collected
object were considered. Let's give this a chance before we go
refactoring this further.
With this change, we introduce a reference package with helps for
remotes to decompose "docker-esque" references into consituent
components, without arbitrarily enforcing those opinions on the backend.
Utlimately, the name and the reference used to qualify that name are
completely opaque to containerd. Obviously, implementors will need to
show some candor in following some conventions, but the possibilities
are fairly wide. Structurally, we still maintain the concept of the
locator and object but the interpretation is up to the resolver.
For the most part, the `dist` tool operates exactly the same, except
objects can be fetched with a reference:
```
dist fetch docker.io/library/redis:latest
```
The above should work well with a running containerd instance. I
recommend giving this a try with `fetch-object`, as well. With
`fetch-object`, it is easy for one to better understand the intricacies
of the OCI/Docker image formats.
Ultimately, this serves the main purpose of the elusive "metadata
store".
Signed-off-by: Stephen J Day <stephen.day@docker.com>
To make using the `fetch-object` for demonstrations much easier, the
mediatypes are defaulted when a non-digest object identifier is
provided. We also add support for OCI mediatypes, although they are
mostly unavailable.
Signed-off-by: Stephen J Day <stephen.day@docker.com>
To allow us to differentiate from fetching an image, fetch a part of an
image and pulling an image, we now call the `fetch` command the
`fetch-object` command. We can now introduce a command that does the
complete image fetch without creating snapshots, allowing `pull` to
perform the entire process.
Signed-off-by: Stephen J Day <stephen.day@docker.com>
