[CASSANDRA-18249] Docker image for releases

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.29, 3.11.15, 4.0.9, 5.0-alpha1, 5.0
• Component/s: Build
• Change Category: Operability
• Complexity: Normal
• Platform: All

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra-builds/commit/dd33b24808310a36f51c41361ec9d82a76f88afe

Test and Documentation Plan

not needed

• Assignee: Brandon Williams
• Reporter: Berenguer Blasi

Authors

Brandon Williams

Reviewers

Michael Semb Wever

• Created: 09/Feb/23 07:48
• Updated: 12/Sep/23 13:03
• Resolved: 05/Apr/23 15:43

Description

The release process is currently driven bu this doc mainly.

Some of the requirements are a Debian based distro and a number of packages. As recently discovered this could be a problem, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS doesn't have createrepo available i.e.

To avoid such problems, add repeatability, have a controlled env where releases are cut, enable more people to cut them, etc mck suggested creating a docker image to that purpose probably based off this

Issue Links

• is related to: CASSANDRA-18244 Improve documentation about releases