<![CDATA[Updates to build service]]>Hi all,
We have reworked our build service to make it easy to run custom apps (as mentioned in https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/1958/upcoming-apps). We will have the docs and a blog post later this week, but long story short, you can now install the build service (which was previously a service hosted by us) on your Cloudron itself. The build service is an app that you install on Cloudron just like any other app (it's opensource at https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/cloudron-build-service). Once installed, cloudron build will ask you for the credentials to the installed build service and you are good to go. One the Cloudron side, there is a UI to set custom registry auth information (this will be part of 4.3 which will also be released in a day or two).

The changes are getting deployed as we speak. Do NOT use the build service app yet on a production system. We are still testing out all the edge cases.

The buildbot will thus be down moving forward. To build your custom apps in the mean time, do this:

  • Setup docker locally on your PC/laptop
  • docker build -t username/myimage:tag in your code
  • docker push username/myimage:tag
  • cloudron install --image username/myimage:tag
]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/1979/updates-to-build-serviceRSS for NodeSun, 08 Mar 2026 21:25:25 GMTMon, 04 Nov 2019 17:12:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:04:32 GMT]]>@robi
There is already how to connect gitlab and docket registry.
The other is just a bit or reading on the gitlab doc.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58455https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58455Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:04:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Mon, 19 Dec 2022 02:49:38 GMT]]>@MooCloud_Matt setting that up would be a nice how-to writeup for all the folks that want to try installing packaged apps not yet in the app store.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58421https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58421Mon, 19 Dec 2022 02:49:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Sun, 18 Dec 2022 23:50:49 GMT]]>@murgero
gitlab ci cd is just better, now even better because cloudron image repository support gitlab as frontend.

And you can even automate apps update submission to the appstore.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58415https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58415Sun, 18 Dec 2022 23:50:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Sun, 18 Dec 2022 22:04:43 GMT]]>@girish stumbled on this here the user cameragiare here above in the thread, is flagged as Banned however his profile is still alive and full of spammed backlinks to his spammy sites from this forum.

JSYK

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58412https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58412Sun, 18 Dec 2022 22:04:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Sun, 18 Dec 2022 06:51:30 GMT]]>@girish Is this stable to run on a production-ish system? Looking to automate some builds of a couple apps I want to submit to the store.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58387https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58387Sun, 18 Dec 2022 06:51:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:07:56 GMT]]>@girish It's not a huge deal, but I really like the service, and removing the push step + introducing some extra clean up logic would be welcome by me anytime. Just no rush. ☺️

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/16295https://forum.cloudron.io/post/16295Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:07:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:44:31 GMT]]>I think in theory it's possible. But of course, one can only deploy on the server where it was built. There's also some logic in the app to clean up images, which probably has to be fixed up.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/16273https://forum.cloudron.io/post/16273Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:44:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Sat, 17 Oct 2020 23:18:51 GMT]]>Using this app / build service on a local Cloudron instance - is there a way to take the push out of the cloudron build aspect of this since it's all local. Would save a lot of time when developing locally (if it's even feasible, I don't understand the purpose of the push part tbh).

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/16246https://forum.cloudron.io/post/16246Sat, 17 Oct 2020 23:18:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:18:13 GMT]]>@yusf Correct, it is best to run the build service app in a separate cloudron. Essentially, the build service is building a lot of docker images. It "cleans up" old images periodically. For both of these operations, it requires full access to docker. There is a chance that it removes containers/images of the other apps on Cloudron by mistake. As in, this would be a bug but if someone hits that bug on a production Cloudron that would be a disaster. This is the reason why we recommend running it on a separate Cloudron.

Finally, the build service app is not required at all. You can just build and push images from your laptop or a linux VM or some VPS which has docker.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4905https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4905Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:18:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:23:18 GMT]]>@murgero But then you run a second Cloudron with the build service app on it?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4899https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4899Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:23:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Wed, 20 Nov 2019 01:24:40 GMT]]>@yusf The build service app claims it might remove docker images in use by other apps so be careful - otherwise I've been using the same install method since I started using cloudron - looks like the process is the same, and they also streamlined it some which is great as well!

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4894https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4894Wed, 20 Nov 2019 01:24:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Mon, 18 Nov 2019 18:34:45 GMT]]>@girish Sounds good, I think. What are the steps to install custom apps past 4.3 then?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4875https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4875Mon, 18 Nov 2019 18:34:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:18:50 GMT]]>@yusf Don't even need buildbot anymore (architecturally). We integrated docker based images into the platform proper. https://cloudron.io/documentation/custom-apps/tutorial/ (It's all part of 4.3 which is mostly rolled out now, will make release announcement tomorrow).

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4870https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4870Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:18:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Sat, 16 Nov 2019 22:25:21 GMT]]>

The buildbot will thus be down moving forward.

Wait, indefinitely or for now? I still need it 😞

Is it important what tag name to choose? I'm a newb in this regard.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4864https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4864Sat, 16 Nov 2019 22:25:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:43:44 GMT]]>This is an amazing release ! I'v just installed it, will test later with some docker images I wanted to have installed

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4800https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4800Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:43:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updates to build service on Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:05:04 GMT]]>Glorious! Never expected this component to be released but I’m pleasantly surprised.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4770https://forum.cloudron.io/post/4770Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:05:04 GMT