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- Convert OCI images generated by the Firebolt SDK into a lightweight, minimal OCI bundle specific to a device that can be run by Dobby on the STB
- In traditional container solutions (Docker, Podman), this stage is performed by the container runtime itself.
- Parse the OCI Image Manifest/Configuration files to build the final bundle
- Expected to be used both in a cloud environment and on a development machine
- Unlikely to be used on a STB
- Generated bundles must be able to run on a local machine/STB for use during application development
- Allow creating configuration files per DAC compatible device.
- This will allow BundleGenerator to generate bundles that will work on a device without having access to that device's hardware/build environment
Allow creating operator configurations to apply business logic to a container image file across all platforms.
- Support hardware variants/revisions of the same platform (e.g. Xi6-A and Xi6-T)
Process an extended "application capabilities" section to add/remove/change specific sections of the generated bundle according to application requirements
Prevent creating a bundle for an incompatible device.
If the device does not support the required RDK release, then the image cannot be run on that device.
However, aim to ensure broad compatibility of applications. The goal of running containerised apps is to allow applications to not be concerned about the platform they are running on
Allow processing stages to be extended as necessary
- Output should be deterministic - for a given set of inputs, the output should always be identical (ignoring timestamps)
- Should generate the bundle in under 30 seconds to allow on-demand generation if a STB requests a bundle that is not in an operator's cache
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