How to use latest nordicplayground/nrfconnect-sdk docker images ?

[Ades]

Hi,

We are currently using "nordicplayground/nrfconnect-sdk:v1.9-branch" docker images for our gitlab CI and it works great.

Unfortunately with more recent images( supporting SDK 2.3 or 2.5) the docker images have not the same behavior and CI is then broken.

For my tests I have used the following .gitlab-ci.yml (and only change "v1.9" to "v2.3") :

image: "nordicplayground/nrfconnect-sdk:v1.9-branch"

test:
  before_script:
    - echo 'before_script'
  script:
    - echo 'script'
  tags: 
    - linux

With "nordicplayground/nrfconnect-sdk:v1.9-branch" :

With "nordicplayground/nrfconnect-sdk:v2.3-branch" :

I don't tell that docker images are not working (I have tested them manually and it's ok) but I want to find the way to use them with our CI.

From my googling researches I have only found that  Robert-PillConnect's CI (github) project seems to run a "docker in docker" :

Is that the only way to use latest images ?

Best regards,

Arnaud

[runsiv]

Hi Arnaud 

I have asked internally and will get back to you 

Regards

Runar

[runsiv]

Update: 

As the repo (nordicplay) is not used inside the the NCS project and is more of an opensource community project I would create a issue there. The docker images used by NCS is found here https://github.com/nrfconnect/sdk-nrf/pkgs/container/sdk-nrf-toolchain 

Regards

Runar

[Ades]

Hi,

Ok... unfortunately it seems that it's not possible to add issues on that project...

As for your applications (nrf Connect for desktop and all its sub-applications ,VS code extension,...), I would have thought that all nordic tools used to build firmware should be supported by nordic, no ? gitlab / github CI are now the classical way to build firmwares...

If nrfconnect-sdk docker images are not the official way to build production firmwares, what is the official method you recommend for gitlab / github CI ?

Regards,

Arnaud

[runsiv]

Ades said:

If nrfconnect-sdk docker images are not the official way to build production firmwares, what is the official method you recommend for gitlab / github CI ?

There simply is no official documented way on how to build images in CI. Which is why the nrf-docker project exists in the first place.

The best official resource for getting started with build automation is https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/docker-image/pkgs/container/ci. 

The only official way from our side is to use the toolchain manager https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/ncs-latest/page/nrf/config_and_build/configuring_app/index.html 

Regards

Runar

[Ades]

For other CI users :  my issue is documented here and will unfortunately not be corrected...

So I suppose the only way will be to do "docker in docker" which will be slower :-(

[Ades]

I missed this promising patch : 

github.com/.../64fc05209b6ef71877ddabc44a5960ae492b1ab6