Closed Bug 1089254 Opened 10 years ago Closed 6 years ago

docker-worker: Investigate other linux distros (compare stability of startup / startup times)

Categories

(Taskcluster :: Workers, defect)

Product:
Taskcluster
Component:
Workers
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: jlal, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: [docker-worker]) 

Right now we use ubuntu 14.04 this is not really based on any particular logic aside from ubuntu has official AMIs and we where familiar with it. Long term I want to validate this decision based on the following:

 - startup speed : Measured from startup to when docker-worker is actually running (note this has to be gathered either via the logs or some startup script)

 - stability: I am not sure if cloudinit makes sense for us... We see some small rate of failure and don't use it for anything meaningful. It also probably slows down boot speed.

 - kernel support: We should run a fairly modern kernel

 - docker support: (Obviously

 - base AMI size: Smaller the AMI faster we boot (needs to be measured)

 - HVM Support: Is required
Component: TaskCluster → Docker-Worker
Product: Testing → Taskcluster
Whiteboard: [docker-worker]
Component: Docker-Worker → Worker
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Component: Worker → Workers
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