Release

Heketi Release management

This page describes the Heketi project administrators release a version of Heketi.

Create new branch

• Master will be tagged with a value of v{number}.0.0. Make sure it is an annotated tag. (Ex. git tag -a -m 'Release 10.2' v10.2.0)
• A branch from this tag on master will be created called: release/{number}.

Update Docker file

The Dockerfile in the branch must be updated so that the Docker Hub build system creates the correct container from the appropriate branch:

• Update the Heketi branch value of HEKETI_BRANCH in the Docker file extras/docker/fromsource/Dockerfile in the new branch.

Updating Docker Hub

• Go to Docker Hub, and click on the the heketi team.
• Go to heketi/heketi
• Click on Build Settings
• Hit the + sign to add a new branch:
  • Name: release/{number}
  • Dockerfile: extras/docker/fromsource
  • Tag: {number}
• If the team is confident to release the new version, they will update the latest tag so that the Name is set to the new branch name of release/{number}.

Creating a Github Release

• A new release will be created and updated with all the new clients.
• Clients can be created by using the following command: make release
• Each of these clients will be in the directory dist
• Each of these clients will be added and uploaded to the Github release.

Updating the community

• An email will be sent to the mailing list with the new release and an update of the changes in that version.