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local emulator image optimization #68

local emulator image optimization

local emulator image optimization #68

name: Build & Publish QEMU Emulator Images
on:
push:
branches:
- main
- dev
pull_request:
paths:
- 'docker/local-emulator/**'
- '.github/workflows/qemu-emulator-build.yaml'
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
publish:
description: 'Publish images to GitHub Releases'
type: boolean
default: false
concurrency:
group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/dev' }}
env:
EMULATOR_IMAGE_NAME: stack-local-emulator
jobs:
build:
name: Build QEMU Image (${{ matrix.arch }})
runs-on: ubicloud-standard-8
timeout-minutes: 120
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
include:
- arch: amd64
- arch: arm64
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v6
- name: Set up QEMU user-mode emulation
uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
- name: Set up Docker Buildx
uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
- name: Install QEMU dependencies
run: |
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y qemu-system-x86 qemu-system-arm qemu-kvm qemu-utils genisoimage socat qemu-efi-aarch64
- name: Enable KVM access
run: |
echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' \
| sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm || true
ls -la /dev/kvm || echo "no /dev/kvm present"
if [ -w /dev/kvm ]; then
echo "KVM is writable — hardware acceleration will be used"
else
echo "WARNING: /dev/kvm is not writable — will fall back to TCG (very slow)"
fi
- name: Build QEMU image
run: |
chmod +x docker/local-emulator/qemu/build-image.sh
EMULATOR_PROVISION_TIMEOUT=6000 \
docker/local-emulator/qemu/build-image.sh ${{ matrix.arch }}
- name: Generate emulator env
run: node docker/local-emulator/generate-env-development.mjs
- name: Start emulator and verify
run: |
chmod +x docker/local-emulator/qemu/run-emulator.sh
EMULATOR_ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} \
EMULATOR_READY_TIMEOUT=3200 \
docker/local-emulator/qemu/run-emulator.sh start
- name: Verify services are healthy
run: |
EMULATOR_ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} \
docker/local-emulator/qemu/run-emulator.sh status
- name: Stop emulator
if: always()
run: |
EMULATOR_ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} \
docker/local-emulator/qemu/run-emulator.sh stop
- name: Package image
run: |
BASE_IMG="docker/local-emulator/qemu/images/stack-emulator-${{ matrix.arch }}.qcow2"
cp "$BASE_IMG" "stack-emulator-${{ matrix.arch }}.qcow2"
- name: Upload image artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: qemu-emulator-${{ matrix.arch }}
path: stack-emulator-${{ matrix.arch }}.qcow2
retention-days: 30
compression-level: 0
test:
name: Smoke Test (${{ matrix.arch }})
needs: build
runs-on: ubicloud-standard-8
timeout-minutes: 60
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
include:
- arch: amd64
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v6
- name: Install QEMU dependencies
run: |
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils genisoimage socat
- name: Download built image
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
with:
name: qemu-emulator-${{ matrix.arch }}
path: docker/local-emulator/qemu/images/
- name: Generate emulator env
run: node docker/local-emulator/generate-env-development.mjs
- name: Start emulator from artifact
run: |
chmod +x docker/local-emulator/qemu/run-emulator.sh docker/local-emulator/qemu/common.sh
EMULATOR_ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} \
EMULATOR_READY_TIMEOUT=600 \
docker/local-emulator/qemu/run-emulator.sh start
- name: Verify services are healthy
run: |
EMULATOR_ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} \
docker/local-emulator/qemu/run-emulator.sh status
- name: Smoke test — backend health
run: curl -sf http://localhost:26701/health?db=1
- name: Smoke test — dashboard reachable
run: curl -sf -o /dev/null -w "HTTP %{http_code}\n" http://localhost:26700/handler/sign-in
- name: Smoke test — MinIO health
run: curl -sf http://localhost:26702/minio/health/live
- name: Smoke test — Inbucket reachable
run: curl -sf -o /dev/null -w "HTTP %{http_code}\n" http://localhost:26703/
- name: Stop emulator
if: always()
run: |
EMULATOR_ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} \
docker/local-emulator/qemu/run-emulator.sh stop
- name: Print serial log on failure
if: failure()
run: tail -100 docker/local-emulator/qemu/run/vm/serial.log 2>/dev/null || true
publish:
name: Publish to GitHub Releases
needs: [build, test]
if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.publish)
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: write
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v6
- name: Download all artifacts
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
with:
path: artifacts
- name: Prepare release assets
run: |
mkdir -p release
SHORT_SHA="${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}"
BRANCH="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
DATE="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
TAG="emulator-${BRANCH}-${DATE}-${SHORT_SHA}"
echo "RELEASE_TAG=${TAG}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
echo "SHORT_SHA=${SHORT_SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
for f in artifacts/qemu-emulator-*/*.qcow2; do
cp "$f" release/
done
cat > release-notes.md <<EOF
## QEMU Emulator Images
Built from \`${BRANCH}\` @ \`${GITHUB_SHA}\`
### Images
| File | Description |
|------|-------------|
| \`stack-emulator-arm64.qcow2\` | ARM64 emulator image |
| \`stack-emulator-amd64.qcow2\` | AMD64 emulator image |
### Usage
\`\`\`bash
stack emulator pull
stack emulator start
\`\`\`
EOF
ls -lh release/
- name: Create or update GitHub Release
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
run: |
TITLE="QEMU Emulator — ${{ github.ref_name }} ($SHORT_SHA)"
if gh release view "$RELEASE_TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
gh release edit "$RELEASE_TAG" \
--title "$TITLE" \
--notes-file release-notes.md \
--prerelease
gh release upload "$RELEASE_TAG" release/* --clobber
else
gh release create "$RELEASE_TAG" \
--title "$TITLE" \
--notes-file release-notes.md \
--prerelease \
release/*
fi
- name: Update latest tag for branch
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
run: |
LATEST_TAG="emulator-${{ github.ref_name }}-latest"
TITLE="QEMU Emulator — ${{ github.ref_name }} (latest)"
NOTES="Latest emulator images from \`${{ github.ref_name }}\`. Auto-updated on each build."
if gh release view "$LATEST_TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
gh release edit "$LATEST_TAG" \
--draft \
--prerelease \
--target "${{ github.sha }}" \
--title "$TITLE" \
--notes "$NOTES"
else
gh release create "$LATEST_TAG" \
--draft \
--prerelease \
--target "${{ github.sha }}" \
--title "$TITLE" \
--notes "$NOTES" \
|| gh release edit "$LATEST_TAG" \
--draft \
--prerelease \
--target "${{ github.sha }}" \
--title "$TITLE" \
--notes "$NOTES"
fi
gh release upload "$LATEST_TAG" release/* --clobber
gh release edit "$LATEST_TAG" --draft=false --prerelease