Fix buildah issue of using overlay as storage driver (#51)

Work around https://github.com/redhat-actions/buildah-build/issues/45

Signed-off-by: divyansh42 <diagrawa@redhat.com>

.github/workflows/dockerfile_build.yml

@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ jobs:
           RUN echo "hello world"
           EOF
 
-      # Workaround to fix https://github.com/containers/buildah/issues/3120
-      - run: |
-          sudo apt-get install fuse-overlayfs
-          mkdir -vp ~/.config/containers
-          printf "[storage.options]\nmount_program=\"/usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs\"" > ~/.config/containers/storage.conf
-      
       # Build image using Buildah action
       - name: Build Image
         id: build_image

.github/workflows/scratch_build.yml

@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ env.MVN_REPO_DIR }}
           key: ${{ env.MVN_HASH }}
 
-      # Workaround to fix https://github.com/containers/buildah/issues/3120
-      - run: |
-          sudo apt-get install fuse-overlayfs
-          mkdir -vp ~/.config/containers
-          printf "[storage.options]\nmount_program=\"/usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs\"" > ~/.config/containers/storage.conf
-
       # Build image using Buildah action
       - name: Build Image
         id: build_image

package-lock.json

@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-t+i85G2LLauDOlH3MQqxVblCKMt5yyRHZsO7NoVKE8T1W1aIosH1bs5xH2RqwXaWw2Si+r66W/tuHRQzKbR51w==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "@types/ini": {
+      "version": "1.3.30",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/ini/-/ini-1.3.30.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2+iF8zPSbpU83UKE+PNd4r/MhwNAdyGpk3H+VMgEH3EhjFZq1kouLgRoZrmIcmoGX97xFvqdS44DkICR5Nz3tQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "@types/json-schema": {
       "version": "7.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/json-schema/-/json-schema-7.0.7.tgz",
@@ -1146,6 +1152,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits/-/inherits-2.0.4.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-k/vGaX4/Yla3WzyMCvTQOXYeIHvqOKtnqBduzTHpzpQZzAskKMhZ2K+EnBiSM9zGSoIFeMpXKxa4dYeZIQqewQ=="
     },
+    "ini": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ini/-/ini-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7PnF4oN3CvZF23ADhA5wRaYEQpJ8qygSkbtTXWBeXWXmEVRXK+1ITciHWwHhsjv1TmW0MgacIv6hEi5pX5NQdA=="
+    },
     "is-arrayish": {
       "version": "0.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-arrayish/-/is-arrayish-0.2.1.tgz",

package.json

@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
     "@actions/core": "^1.2.6",
     "@actions/exec": "^1.0.4",
     "@actions/io": "^1.0.2",
+    "ini": "^2.0.0",
     "language-recognizer": "0.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@redhat-actions/action-io-generator": "^1.5.0",
     "@redhat-actions/eslint-config": "^1.2.11",
     "@redhat-actions/tsconfig": "^1.1.1",
+    "@types/ini": "^1.3.30",
     "@types/node": "^12",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.14.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.14.1",

src/buildah.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as core from "@actions/core";
 import * as exec from "@actions/exec";
 import * as path from "path";
 import CommandResult from "./types";
+import { isStorageDriverOverlay, findFuseOverlayfsPath } from "./utils";
 
 export interface BuildahConfigSettings {
     entrypoint?: string[];
@@ -25,10 +26,32 @@ interface Buildah {
 export class BuildahCli implements Buildah {
     private readonly executable: string;
 
+    public storageOptsEnv = "";
+
     constructor(executable: string) {
         this.executable = executable;
     }
 
+    // Checks for storage driver if found "overlay",
+    // then checks if "fuse-overlayfs" is installed.
+    // If yes, add mount program to use "fuse-overlayfs"
+    async setStorageOptsEnv(): Promise<void> {
+        if (await isStorageDriverOverlay()) {
+            const fuseOverlayfsPath = await findFuseOverlayfsPath();
+            if (fuseOverlayfsPath) {
+                core.info(`Overriding storage mount_program with "fuse-overlayfs" in environment`);
+                this.storageOptsEnv = `overlay.mount_program=${fuseOverlayfsPath}`;
+            }
+            else {
+                core.warning(`"fuse-overlayfs" is not found. Install it before running this action. `
+                + `For more detail see https://github.com/redhat-actions/buildah-build/issues/45`);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            core.info("Storage driver is not 'overlay', so not overriding storage configuration");
+        }
+    }
+
     private static getImageFormatOption(useOCI: boolean): string[] {
         return [ "--format", useOCI ? "oci" : "docker" ];
     }
@@ -140,7 +163,10 @@ export class BuildahCli implements Buildah {
         return `${arrayAsString.slice(0, -1)}]`;
     }
 
-    async execute(args: string[], execOptions: exec.ExecOptions = {}): Promise<CommandResult> {
+    async execute(
+        args: string[],
+        execOptions: exec.ExecOptions & { group?: boolean } = {},
+    ): Promise<CommandResult> {
         // ghCore.info(`${EXECUTABLE} ${args.join(" ")}`)
 
         let stdout = "";
@@ -158,20 +184,47 @@ export class BuildahCli implements Buildah {
             },
         };
 
-        const exitCode = await exec.exec(this.executable, args, finalExecOptions);
-
-        if (execOptions.ignoreReturnCode !== true && exitCode !== 0) {
-            // Throwing the stderr as part of the Error makes the stderr
-            // show up in the action outline, which saves some clicking when debugging.
-            let error = `${path.basename(this.executable)} exited with code ${exitCode}`;
-            if (stderr) {
-                error += `\n${stderr}`;
-            }
-            throw new Error(error);
+        if (execOptions.group) {
+            const groupName = [ this.executable, ...args ].join(" ");
+            core.startGroup(groupName);
         }
 
-        return {
-            exitCode, output: stdout, error: stderr,
-        };
+        // To solve https://github.com/redhat-actions/buildah-build/issues/45
+        const execEnv: { [key: string] : string } = {};
+        Object.entries(process.env).forEach(([ key, value ]) => {
+            if (value != null) {
+                execEnv[key] = value;
+            }
+        });
+
+        if (this.storageOptsEnv) {
+            execEnv.STORAGE_OPTS = this.storageOptsEnv;
+        }
+
+        finalExecOptions.env = execEnv;
+
+        try {
+            const exitCode = await exec.exec(this.executable, args, finalExecOptions);
+
+            if (execOptions.ignoreReturnCode !== true && exitCode !== 0) {
+                // Throwing the stderr as part of the Error makes the stderr
+                // show up in the action outline, which saves some clicking when debugging.
+                let error = `${path.basename(this.executable)} exited with code ${exitCode}`;
+                if (stderr) {
+                    error += `\n${stderr}`;
+                }
+                throw new Error(error);
+            }
+
+            return {
+                exitCode, output: stdout, error: stderr,
+            };
+        }
+
+        finally {
+            if (execOptions.group) {
+                core.endGroup();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

src/index.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
     const cli: BuildahCli = new BuildahCli(buildahPath);
 
     // print buildah version
-    await cli.execute([ "version" ]);
+    await cli.execute([ "version" ], { group: true });
+
+    // Check if fuse-overlayfs exists and find the storage driver
+    await cli.setStorageOptsEnv();
 
     const DEFAULT_TAG = "latest";
     const workspace = process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE || process.cwd();

src/utils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import * as ini from "ini";
+import { promises as fs } from "fs";
+import * as core from "@actions/core";
+import * as path from "path";
+import * as io from "@actions/io";
+import * as os from "os";
+
+async function findStorageDriver(filePaths: string[]): Promise<string> {
+    let storageDriver = "";
+    for (const filePath of filePaths) {
+        core.debug(`Checking if the storage file exists at ${filePath}`);
+        if (await fileExists(filePath)) {
+            core.debug(`Storage file exists at ${filePath}`);
+            const fileContent = ini.parse(await fs.readFile(filePath, "utf-8"));
+            if (fileContent.storage.driver) {
+                storageDriver = fileContent.storage.driver;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return storageDriver;
+}
+
+export async function isStorageDriverOverlay(): Promise<boolean> {
+    let xdgConfigHome = path.join(os.homedir(), ".config");
+    if (process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME) {
+        xdgConfigHome = process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME;
+    }
+    const filePaths: string[] = [
+        "/etc/containers/storage.conf",
+        path.join(xdgConfigHome, "containers/storage.conf"),
+    ];
+    const storageDriver = await findStorageDriver(filePaths);
+    return (storageDriver === "overlay");
+}
+
+async function fileExists(filePath: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    try {
+        await fs.access(filePath);
+        return true;
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+export async function findFuseOverlayfsPath(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    let fuseOverlayfsPath;
+    try {
+        fuseOverlayfsPath = await io.which("fuse-overlayfs");
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        core.debug(err);
+    }
+
+    return fuseOverlayfsPath;
+}