buildctl daemonless

buildctl-daemonless.sh spawns ephemeral buildkitd for executing buildctl.

buildctl-daemonless.sh

#!/bin/sh
# buildctl-daemonless.sh spawns ephemeral buildkitd for executing buildctl.
#
# Usage: buildctl-daemonless.sh build ...
#
# Flags for buildkitd can be specified as $BUILDKITD_FLAGS .
#
# The script is compatible with BusyBox shell.
set -eu

: ${BUILDCTL=buildctl}
: ${BUILDCTL_CONNECT_RETRIES_MAX=10}
: ${BUILDKITD=buildkitd}
: ${BUILDKITD_FLAGS=}
: ${ROOTLESSKIT=rootlesskit}

# $tmp holds the following files:
# * pid
# * addr
# * log
tmp=$(mktemp -d /tmp/buildctl-daemonless.XXXXXX)
trap "kill \$(cat $tmp/pid); wait \$(cat $tmp/pid) || true; rm -rf $tmp" EXIT

startBuildkitd() {
    addr=
    helper=
    if [ $(id -u) = 0 ]; then
        addr=unix:///run/buildkit/buildkitd.sock
    else
        addr=unix://$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/buildkit/buildkitd.sock
        helper=$ROOTLESSKIT
    fi
    $helper $BUILDKITD $BUILDKITD_FLAGS --addr=$addr >$tmp/log 2>&1 &
    pid=$!
    echo $pid >$tmp/pid
    echo $addr >$tmp/addr
}

# buildkitd supports NOTIFY_SOCKET but as far as we know, there is no easy way
# to wait for NOTIFY_SOCKET activation using busybox-builtin commands...
waitForBuildkitd() {
    addr=$(cat $tmp/addr)
    try=0
    max=$BUILDCTL_CONNECT_RETRIES_MAX
    until $BUILDCTL --addr=$addr debug workers >/dev/null 2>&1; do
        if [ $try -gt $max ]; then
            echo >&2 "could not connect to $addr after $max trials"
            echo >&2 "========== log =========="
            cat >&2 $tmp/log
            exit 1
        fi
        sleep $(awk "BEGIN{print (100 + $try * 20) * 0.001}")
        try=$(expr $try + 1)
    done
}

startBuildkitd
waitForBuildkitd
$BUILDCTL --addr=$(cat $tmp/addr) "$@"