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# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.6
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# ecu-tests Dockerfile — multi-stage build for the ECU testing framework.
#
# ecu-tests image — mock-only by default, hardware variant via:
# --build-arg INCLUDE_MELEXIS=1
#
# Build context = repository root. Always invoke from there:
# Produces two flavours of the same image, switched by a build-arg:
#
# docker build -f docker/Dockerfile -t ecu-tests:mock .
# → "mock" flavour: just enough to run mock + unit tests in CI.
# No proprietary code inside the image.
#
# DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
# -f docker/Dockerfile -t ecu-tests:hw \
# --build-arg INCLUDE_MELEXIS=1 \
# --secret id=melexis_tarball,src=./melexis-pkgs.tar.gz \
# .
# → "hw" flavour: also bundles pylin / pymumclient / pylinframe so
# hardware tests can drive a real MUM. The Melexis tarball is
# passed via BuildKit secret — see docs/20_docker_image.md §5.
#
# See docs/20_docker_image.md for the full reference, including how
# to produce melexis-pkgs.tar.gz from a licensed Melexis IDE install.
# A matching ../.dockerignore at the repo root excludes .venv/, reports/*,
# the deprecated BabyLIN SDK, Python caches, etc. so the build context
# stays small and proprietary content doesn't leak into image layers.
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# `# syntax=` (line 1) opts in to the BuildKit Dockerfile frontend, which
# is required for the `--mount=type=secret` syntax used below. Without
# it, `docker build` falls back to the legacy frontend and `--secret`
# silently does nothing.
# Build-time argument: which Python interpreter version to base both stages
# on. Declared *before* the first FROM so both stages can interpolate it.
ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Stage 1: builder — install deps into a venv under /opt/venv
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
# ║ Stage 1 — "builder" ║
# ║ ║
# ║ Installs Python dependencies into a clean venv at /opt/venv. We do ║
# ║ this in a separate stage so the final runtime image doesn't carry ║
# ║ compilers, headers, pip caches, or the build-time apt index. ║
# ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
# Base on the official python:3.11-slim image. "slim" = Debian-based,
# ~150 MB, no compilers. We add what we need explicitly below.
# `AS builder` names this stage so the runtime stage can pull from it.
FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim AS builder
# Build-arg redeclared inside the stage (Docker scoping rule: ARGs declared
# before the first FROM are global *names* but each stage that wants to
# use the value has to redeclare). Default 0 = mock-only build.
ARG INCLUDE_MELEXIS=0
# Build-time OS deps:
# build-essential, libffi-dev — for any wheel that needs to compile
# libusb-1.0-0 — pyserial uses it on some adapters
# git — VCS deps in requirements.txt (if any)
# Install build-time OS packages:
# build-essential, libffi-dev — toolchain for any pip wheel that needs
# a C compiler (rare but possible).
# libusb-1.0-0 — runtime lib pyserial pulls in on some
# USB-serial adapters. Keep parity with
# the runtime stage so behaviour matches.
# git — only needed if requirements.txt
# references a VCS dep (current file
# doesn't, but kept for forward compat).
# `--no-install-recommends` skips Debian's "suggested" extras → smaller.
# `rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*` deletes the apt index so it doesn't
# bloat this layer (the runtime stage will install its own anyway).
RUN apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
build-essential \
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git \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Environment knobs for the rest of the build:
# PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 — don't create __pycache__/*.pyc files
# during pip install (saves layer space).
# PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 — pip won't keep its download cache, so
# this layer is smaller.
# PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1 — silence the "pip is outdated"
# network call on every invocation.
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1
# Create a clean virtual environment at /opt/venv. Doing this instead of
# installing into the system Python lets us COPY the whole venv to the
# runtime stage as one self-contained tree.
RUN python -m venv /opt/venv
# Prepend the venv's bin/ to PATH so subsequent `pip` and `python` calls
# in this stage use the venv interpreter — no need to write
# /opt/venv/bin/pip everywhere.
ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:${PATH}"
# Set up the working directory used only for the build steps. The repo
# itself lands at /workspace in the runtime stage; /build is throwaway.
WORKDIR /build
# Copy *only* requirements.txt first. Docker caches each layer by the
# hash of its inputs, so as long as requirements.txt doesn't change,
# the slow `pip install` below is reused from cache — even if every
# .py in the repo has changed. This is the classic "layer caching"
# trick for dependency installs.
COPY requirements.txt ./
# Install dependencies into the venv. `pip install --upgrade pip wheel`
# ensures we use a modern pip that understands current wheel formats
# before pulling project deps.
RUN pip install --upgrade pip wheel \
&& pip install -r requirements.txt
# Melexis packages — passed in via BuildKit secret so the proprietary
# tarball never lands in an image layer. Skipped entirely when
# INCLUDE_MELEXIS=0 (the mock-only path).
# Melexis packages step — only runs when INCLUDE_MELEXIS=1.
#
# `RUN --mount=type=secret,id=melexis_tarball,required=false` makes the
# secret file available at /run/secrets/melexis_tarball for the duration
# of this RUN only. The content is NEVER baked into any image layer,
# even if you `docker history` later. `required=false` means the secret
# is optional — the mock build doesn't pass one and shouldn't fail.
RUN --mount=type=secret,id=melexis_tarball,required=false \
if [ "$INCLUDE_MELEXIS" = "1" ]; then \
set -e; \
# Sanity-check: hw build was requested but the secret wasn't bound.
# Fail loudly here rather than producing a "looks-fine" image that
# then crashes on `import pylin` at runtime.
test -s /run/secrets/melexis_tarball \
|| { echo 'INCLUDE_MELEXIS=1 but no melexis_tarball secret bound'; exit 2; }; \
# Discover the venv's site-packages dir (path varies per Python
# version) and extract the tarball directly into it. The tarball
# contains three top-level directories: pylin/, pymumclient/,
# pylinframe/ — they slot in as proper packages.
SITE_PACKAGES=$(python -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])"); \
tar -xzf /run/secrets/melexis_tarball -C "$SITE_PACKAGES"; \
# Smoke-test the import inside the builder so a corrupt tarball
# fails the build instead of producing a broken runtime image.
python -c "import pylin, pymumclient; print('melexis pkgs OK')"; \
fi
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Stage 2: runtime — slim image with the venv + repo
# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
# ║ Stage 2 — "runtime" ║
# ║ ║
# ║ Slim final image. Pulls the pre-built /opt/venv from the builder ║
# ║ stage but doesn't carry compilers, headers, or pip caches. ║
# ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
# Fresh base image (same Python version) so we don't inherit any of the
# builder stage's apt history or temp files.
FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim AS runtime
# Runtime-only OS deps. tini handles signal forwarding so Ctrl-C tears
# pytest down cleanly.
# Runtime-only OS deps. The list is deliberately short:
# libusb-1.0-0 — pyserial runtime dependency for some USB-serial
# adapters (the Owon PSU's adapter included).
# ca-certificates — HTTPS trust store, so pip / requests / curl can
# verify TLS certificates if a test ever reaches
# out to a network resource.
# tini — the ~100 KB init wrapper we use as PID 1; see the
# ENTRYPOINT block below for why.
RUN apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
libusb-1.0-0 \
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tini \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Pull the prebuilt venv (with Melexis pkgs if requested) from builder.
# Copy the prebuilt venv (with Melexis pkgs already inside, if requested)
# from the builder stage. This is the *one* layer that carries all the
# Python deps — no `pip install` runs in the runtime stage.
# `--from=builder` references the stage we named with `AS builder`.
COPY --from=builder /opt/venv /opt/venv
# Runtime env:
# PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 — don't litter the image with .pyc files
# at first import.
# PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 — disable stdio buffering so pytest output
# streams to `docker logs` in real time
# instead of in 4 KB chunks.
# PATH — venv's bin/ takes precedence over the
# system Python, so plain `pytest` finds
# the right one.
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
PATH="/opt/venv/bin:${PATH}"
# The repo. .dockerignore at the build-context root excludes .venv,
# reports/, vendor/BabyLIN*, __pycache__, etc.
# /workspace is where the framework lives at runtime. WORKDIR also
# becomes the cwd for any `RUN`, `CMD`, or `docker exec` from here on.
WORKDIR /workspace
# Copy the whole repo (filtered by ../.dockerignore which excludes
# .venv/, reports/*, vendor/BabyLIN library/, __pycache__, etc.).
# This is a single layer; rebuilding it triggers when any included
# file changes, but the previous pip-install layer is cached.
COPY . /workspace
# Reports volume so artifacts survive the container's lifetime.
# Create /reports and declare it as a volume mount point. The VOLUME
# directive tells Docker "this path is intended to be a bind-mount from
# the host"; users supply `-v $PWD/reports:/reports` at run time and
# pytest's output lands on the host filesystem instead of disappearing
# with the container.
RUN mkdir -p /reports
VOLUME ["/reports"]
# Drop root. Inherit the host's serial group at runtime via
# `--group-add dialout` when you bind-mount /dev/ttyUSB*.
# Create an unprivileged user (uid 1000, the typical first-user uid on
# Linux). Running pytest as non-root is the secure default — even if a
# test does something unexpected, it can't trash /etc or escape into
# host paths it shouldn't see.
# `chown -R` on /workspace and /reports lets the new user write to both
# without needing sudo at runtime.
RUN useradd -m -u 1000 -s /bin/bash tester \
&& chown -R tester:tester /workspace /reports
# Switch to the unprivileged user for everything below this line.
USER tester
# ── ENTRYPOINT — see explanation in docs/20_docker_image.md §3 ────────
#
# Why tini and not pytest directly:
#
# 1. Signals: `docker stop` sends SIGTERM to PID 1. If pytest is PID 1
# it doesn't always forward signals to xdist workers and may take
# the full 10 s grace period before Docker SIGKILLs. tini forwards
# signals correctly.
#
# 2. Zombie reaping: when a child exits in Linux it becomes a zombie
# until its parent calls wait(). PID 1 *inherits* every orphaned
# process — and pytest doesn't reap them. tini does. Long
# parametrized runs with subprocesses would otherwise leak.
#
# 3. Exit code propagation: tini exits with its child's exit code, so
# `docker run … && echo ok` works the way you'd expect.
#
# The `--` is the POSIX "end of options" marker. It tells tini to stop
# looking for tini-specific flags and exec everything after it as the
# command. Belt-and-suspenders in case the CMD starts with a `-flag`.
#
# At runtime the daemon assembles: `/usr/bin/tini -- <CMD tokens>` and
# tini exec()s the CMD as its child.
ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--"]
# Safe default: collect-only of the non-hardware suite. An accidental
# `docker run ecu-tests:hw` will list tests, not fire bench actions.
# Safe default command: collect-only of the *non-hardware* suite. An
# accidental `docker run ecu-tests:hw` will list tests, not start firing
# bench actions. Users override this at run time with their actual
# pytest invocation.
CMD ["pytest", "-m", "not hardware", "--collect-only", "-q"]