Releasing the Epinio UI

Developer Guide

Built-in / Embedded

Any merge to main that changes dashboard/pkg/epinio/package.json will kick off a build of the epinio extension with a version matching that from dashboard/pkg/epinio/package.json. If there is an existing release with the same name it will overwrite it. This is done via the Build and Release Extension GitHub Action. Builds won't be available until the pages-build-deployment GitHub Action completes as well.

Standalone

Build the Frontend, Backend and image

1. Create the builds by pushing a tag to epinio/ui
   • It must start with v, for example v0.6.1-0.0.1.
   • A github action will be kicked off, which will:
     • Build the ui frontend
     • Build the ui backend
     • Build a container containing both ui front and backend (output at https://github.com/epinio/ui/backend/pkgs/container/epinio-ui)

Update the Charts

These steps will get the image that was just built into the epinio-ui chart, and then those changes into the epinio chart

• Semi-Automated Step - Update epinio-ui helm chart image and versions

  https://github.com/epinio/helm-charts .github/workflows/updatecli.yml will, given triggers, run with config from updatecli/updatecli.d/epinio-ui.yaml. This will create a PR containing a bump to the epinio-ui chart's image to reference the one just built along with a bump to the chart's versions.

  For example https://github.com/epinio/helm-charts/pull/352.

  The manual step is to review and merge the PR

• Manual Step - Publish epinio-ui helm chart

  The new epinio-ui chart needs to be published to the public epinio repo (https://epinio.github.io/helm-charts).

  The manual step is to trigger the release action in the helm-charts repo

• Semi-Automated Step - Build epinio-ui helm chart .tgz

  The .github/workflows/updatecli.yml job should run again and create another PR containing the new tgz and reference it from the root epinio chart.

  For example https://github.com/epinio/helm-charts/pull/354

  The manual step is to review and merge the PR

Install the Rancher Extension Flow

1. Create the Rancher Helm Repo for the Epinio UI Extension
   • In Rancher nav to the local cluster --> Apps / Repositories --> Create
   • Enter Name: epinio, Index URL: https://epinio.github.io/ui, click Create
2. Install the Epinio UI Extension in Rancher
   • Nav to burger menu --> Extensions --> Available tab
   • Find Epinio and click Install
   • Note - If there is a newer version of the UI Extension it can be upgraded to from this page