harbor/docs/compile_guide.md

Introduction

This guide provides instructions for developers to build and run Harbor from source code.

Step 1: Prepare for a build environment for Harbor

Harbor is deployed as several Docker containers and most of the code is written in Go language. The build host requires Python, Docker, Docker Compose and golang development environment. Please install the below prerequisites:

Software	Required Version
docker	1.10.0 +
docker-compose	1.7.1 +
python	2.7 +
git	1.9.1 +
make	3.81 +
golang*	1.6.0 +
*optional

Step 2: Getting the source code

   $ git clone https://github.com/vmware/harbor

Step 3: Resolving dependencies of Go language

You can compile the source code by using a Golang dev image. In this case, you can skip this step.

If you are building Harbor using your own Go compiling environment. You need to install LDAP packages manually.

For PhotonOS:

   $ tdnf install -y sed apr-util-ldap

For Ubuntu:

   $ apt-get update && apt-get install -y libldap2-dev

For other platforms, please consult the relevant documentation of installing LDAP package.

Step 4: Building and installing Harbor

Configuration

Edit the file make/harbor.cfg and make necessary configuration changes such as hostname, admin password and mail server. Refer to Installation and Configuration Guide for more info.

   $ cd harbor
   $ vi make/harbor.cfg

Compiling and Running

You can compile the code by one of the three approaches:

I. Create a Golang dev image, then build Harbor

• Build Golang dev image:

     $ make compile_buildgolangimage -e GOBUILDIMAGE=harborgo:1.7.3
  

• Build, install and bring up Harbor:

     $ make install -e GOBUILDIMAGE=harborgo:1.7.3 COMPILETAG=compile_golangimage
  

II. Compile code with your own Golang environment, then build Harbor

• Move source code to $GOPATH

     $ mkdir $GOPATH/src/github.com/vmware/
     $ cd ..
     $ mv harbor $GOPATH/src/github.com/vmware/.
  

• Build, install and run Harbor

     $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/vmware/harbor
     $ make install
  

III. Manual build process (compatible with previous versions)

   $ cd make

   $ ./prepare
   Generated configuration file: ./config/ui/env
   Generated configuration file: ./config/ui/app.conf
   Generated configuration file: ./config/registry/config.yml
   Generated configuration file: ./config/db/env
   ...

   $ cd dev
   
   $ docker-compose up -d

Verify your installation

If everyting worked properly, you can get the below message:

   ...
   ----Harbor has been installed and started successfully.----

   Now you should be able to visit the admin portal at http://$YOURIP. 
   For more details, please visit https://github.com/vmware/harbor .

Refer to Installation and Configuration Guide for more information about managing your Harbor instance.

Appendix

• Using the Makefile

The Makefile contains these configurable parameters:

Variable	Description
BASEIMAGE	Container base image, default: photon
DEVFLAG	Build model flag, default: dev
COMPILETAG	Compile model flag, default: compile_normal (local golang build)
REGISTRYSERVER	Remote registry server IP address
REGISTRYUSER	Remote registry server user name
REGISTRYPASSWORD	Remote registry server user password
REGISTRYPROJECTNAME	Project name on remote registry server

• Predefined targets:

Target	Description
all	prepare env, compile binaries, build images and install images
prepare	prepare env
compile	compile ui and jobservice code
compile_golangimage	compile local golang image
compile_ui	compile ui binary
compile_jobservice	compile jobservice binary
build	build Harbor docker images (default: using build_photon)
build_photon	build Harbor docker images from Photon OS base image
build_ubuntu	build Harbor docker images from Ubuntu base image
install	compile binaries, build images, prepare specific version of compose file and startup Harbor instance
start	startup Harbor instance
down	shutdown Harbor instance
package_online	prepare online install package
package_offline	prepare offline install package
pushimage	push Harbor images to specific registry server
clean all	remove binary, Harbor images, specific version docker-compose file, specific version tag and online/offline install package
cleanbinary	remove ui and jobservice binary
cleanimage	remove Harbor images
cleandockercomposefile	remove specific version docker-compose
cleanversiontag	remove specific version tag
cleanpackage	remove online/offline install package

EXAMPLE:

Build a golang dev image (for building Harbor):

   $ make compile_golangimage -e GOBUILDIMAGE= [$YOURIMAGE]

Build Harbor images based on Ubuntu

   $ make build -e BASEIMAGE=ubuntu

Push Harbor images to specific registry server

   $ make pushimage -e DEVFLAG=false REGISTRYSERVER=[$SERVERADDRESS] REGISTRYUSER=[$USERNAME] REGISTRYPASSWORD=[$PASSWORD] REGISTRYPROJECTNAME=[$PROJECTNAME]

Note: need add "/" on end of REGISTRYSERVER. If REGISTRYSERVER is not set, images will be pushed directly to Docker Hub.

   $ make pushimage -e DEVFLAG=false REGISTRYUSER=[$USERNAME] REGISTRYPASSWORD=[$PASSWORD] REGISTRYPROJECTNAME=[$PROJECTNAME]

Clean up binaries and images of a specific version

   $ make clean -e VERSIONTAG=[TAG]

Note: If new code had been added to Github, the git commit TAG will change. Better use this command to clean up images and files of previous TAG.

By default, the make process create a development build. To create a release build of Harbor, set the below flag to false.

   $ make XXXX -e DEVFLAG=false