Automated weekly build of Docker images for Linux runners (#7376)

* Change tag name

* Change tag name

* Add ARM64 containers and Fedora 40

* Use dnf for Fedora

* Dist upgrade on Debian

* Upgrade and clean on Fedora

* Add name

* Fixed typo and use platform in Dockerfile

* Use matrix instead for arch

* Use config dir in matrix

* Fixed wrong var

* Specify base image in workflow

* Re-add platform

* Use slim images

* Run on Buildjet

* Use new images

* Add comment

* Remove QEMU (not needed because of Buildjet)

* Finish Dockerfile for Arch and OpenSUSE

* Use new containers

* Use correct config dir names

* Fixed config for Manjaro

* Missing zypper arg

* Clean Arch and OpenSUSE

* Update ChangeLog

* Elaborate on comment

.github/docker/archlinux/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ARG BASE_IMAGE
+FROM $BASE_IMAGE AS base
+
+RUN pacman -Syu --noconfirm git python sudo && pacman -Scc --noconfirm
+
+RUN useradd -m build

.github/docker/debian-12/Dockerfile

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-FROM debian:12
-
-RUN apt update && apt install -y git python3 && apt clean

.github/docker/debian/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ARG BASE_IMAGE
+FROM $BASE_IMAGE AS base
+
+RUN apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y && apt install -y git python3 && apt clean

.github/docker/fedora/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ARG BASE_IMAGE
+FROM $BASE_IMAGE AS base
+
+RUN dnf upgrade -y && dnf install -y git python3 && dnf clean all

.github/docker/opensuse/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ARG BASE_IMAGE
+FROM $BASE_IMAGE AS base
+
+RUN zypper refresh && zypper update -y && zypper install -y git python3 && zypper clean --all

.github/workflows/build-containers.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Weekly build of the Linux Docker containers.
+#
+# The objective is to reduce the problem where package updates often break the build process
+# due to transient network errors.
+#
+# We use Docker Buildx instead of Docker Automated Builds so that we can create an image that is
+# always at most a week out of date (instead of the last time a Dockerfile change was pushed).
+
 name: Build containers
 
 on:
@@ -7,8 +15,73 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-containers:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: ${{ matrix.os.name }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os.runs-on }}
     if: ${{ vars.BUILD_CONTAINERS }}
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - name: debian-12-amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            config-dir: debian
+            base-image: debian:12-slim
+            platform: amd64
+
+          - name: debian-12-arm64
+            runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
+            config-dir: debian
+            base-image: arm64v8/debian:12-slim
+            platform: arm64
+
+          - name: ubuntu-24.04-amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            config-dir: debian
+            base-image: ubuntu:24.04
+            platform: amd64
+
+          - name: ubuntu-22.04-amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            config-dir: debian
+            base-image: ubuntu:22.04
+            platform: amd64
+
+          - name: fedora-40-amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            config-dir: fedora
+            base-image: fedora:40
+            platform: amd64
+
+          - name: fedora-40-arm64
+            runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
+            config-dir: fedora
+            base-image: arm64v8/fedora:40
+            platform: arm64
+
+          - name: fedora-39-amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            config-dir: fedora
+            base-image: fedora:39
+            platform: amd64
+
+          - name: opensuse-amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            config-dir: opensuse
+            base-image: opensuse/tumbleweed:latest
+            platform: amd64
+
+          - name: archlinux-amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            config-dir: archlinux
+            base-image: archlinux:latest
+            platform: amd64
+
+          - name: manjaro-amd64
+            config-dir: archlinux
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            base-image: manjarolinux/base:latest
+            platform: amd64
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -26,8 +99,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
-          context: ./.github/docker/debian-12/
-          file: ./.github/docker/debian-12/Dockerfile
           push: true
-          tags: symless/debian:12
+          context: ./.github/docker/${{ matrix.os.config-dir }}
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          file: ./.github/docker/${{ matrix.os.config-dir }}/Dockerfile
+          tags: symless/synergy-core:${{ matrix.os.name }}
+          build-args: BASE_IMAGE=${{ matrix.os.base-image }}
+          platforms: linux/${{ matrix.os.platform }}

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -187,72 +187,50 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         distro:
           - name: debian-12-arm64
-            container: arm64v8/debian:12
+            container: symless/synergy-core:debian-12-arm64
             runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
-            install-deps-apt: true
-
-          - name: debian-12-amd64
-            container: debian:12
-            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-            install-deps-apt: true
-
-          - name: ubuntu-24.04-amd64
-            container: ubuntu:24.04
-            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-            install-deps-apt: true
             extra-packages: true
 
-          - name: ubuntu-22.04-amd64
+          - name: debian-12-amd64
-            container: ubuntu:22.04
+            container: symless/synergy-core:debian-12-amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            extra-packages: true
+
+          - name: ubuntu-24.04-amd64
+            container: symless/synergy-core:ubuntu-24.04-amd64
+            runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+          - name: ubuntu-22.04-amd64
+            container: symless/synergy-core:ubuntu-22.04-amd64
             runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-            install-deps-apt: true
 
           - name: fedora-40-arm64
-            container: arm64v8/fedora:40
+            container: symless/synergy-core:fedora-40-arm64
             runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
-            install-deps-dnf: true
 
           - name: fedora-40-amd64
-            container: fedora:40
+            container: symless/synergy-core:fedora-40-amd64
             runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-            install-deps-dnf: true
 
           - name: fedora-39-amd64
-            container: fedora:39
+            container: symless/synergy-core:fedora-39-amd64
             runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-            install-deps-dnf: true
 
           - name: opensuse-amd64
-            container: opensuse/tumbleweed:latest
+            container: symless/synergy-core:opensuse-amd64
             runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-            install-deps-zypper: true
 
-          - name: arch-amd64
+          - name: archlinux-amd64
-            container: archlinux:latest
+            container: symless/synergy-core:archlinux-amd64
             runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-            install-deps-pacman: true
             package-user: build
 
           - name: manjaro-amd64
-            container: manjarolinux/base:latest
+            container: symless/synergy-core:manjaro-amd64
             runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-            install-deps-pacman: true
             package-user: build
 
     steps:
-      - name: Bootstrap
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ matrix.distro.install-deps-apt }}" = "true" ]; then
-            apt update && apt install -y git python3
-          elif [ "${{ matrix.distro.install-deps-dnf }}" = "true" ]; then
-            dnf install -y git python3
-          elif [ "${{ matrix.distro.install-deps-pacman }}" = "true" ]; then
-            pacman -Syu --noconfirm git python sudo
-            useradd -m build
-          elif [ "${{ matrix.distro.install-deps-zypper }}" = "true" ]; then
-            zypper install -y git python3
-          fi
-
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:

ChangeLog

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Enhancements:
 - #7372 Add Git SHA to about screen and --version
 - #7373 Upgrade from Qt5 to Qt6 for more modern UI
 - #7374 Add missing DEB and RPM dependencies
+- #7376 Automated weekly build of Docker images for Linux runners
+
 
 # 1.14.6