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Workhorse: reduce ubi8 size by relocating chown/chgrp

Jason Plum requested to merge workhorse-reduce-chown-ubi8 into master

What does this MR do?

Reduce the size of the fimal image for Workhorse by relocating any chown, chmod, or chgrp on built assets from the final image to a build stage.

Impact

image tag size (skopeo) size (docker)
gitlab-workhorse-ee master-ubi8 686,323,732 1,652,115,417
gitlab-workhorse-ee workhorse-reduce-chown-ubi8 442,874,360 1,102,858,126
DIFF 243,449,372 549,257,291
gitlab-workhorse-ee gitlab-base-ubi8* 402,626,268 991,058,829
DIFF (additional) 40,248,092 111,799,297

Two sizes are listed:

  • Skopeo listed the total compresses layer sizes (storage / transit)
  • Docker lists the total uncompressed layer sizes (consumption / usage)

Supplemental: When we change the base image from gitlab-ruby to gitlab-base, we gain that reduction as well.

Related issues

Relates to gitlab-org/charts/gitlab#2973 (closed)

Relates to gitlab-org/charts/gitlab#3268

Checklist

See Definition of done.

For anything in this list which will not be completed, please provide a reason in the MR discussion

Required

  • Merge Request Title, and Description are up to date, accurate, and descriptive
  • MR targeting the appropriate branch
  • MR has a green pipeline on GitLab.com

Expected (please provide an explanation if not completing)

  • Test plan indicating conditions for success has been posted and passes
  • Documentation created/updated
  • Integration tests added to GitLab QA
  • The impact any change in container size has should be evaluated
Edited by Robert Marshall

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