= Contributing to OpenShift 3
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The OpenShift 3 architecture builds upon the flexibility and scalability of https://docker.com/[Docker] and https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes[Kubernetes] to deliver a powerful new Platform as a Service system. This article explains how to set up a development environment and get involved with this latest version of OpenShift.
There are multiple ways to start coding OpenShift.
* <<download-from-github>>
* <<develop-locally-on-your-host>>
* <<develop-on-virtual-machine-using-vagrant>>
== Download from GitHub
The OpenShift team periodically publishes binaries to Github on https://github.com/openshift/origin/releases[the Releases page]. These are Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X 64bit binaries (note that Mac and Windows are client only). You'll need Docker installed on your local system (see https://docs.docker.com/installation/#installation[the installation page] if you've never installed Docker before).
The tar file for each platform contains a single binary `openshift` which is the all-in-one OpenShift installation.
* Use `sudo openshift start` to launch the server. Root access is required to create services due to the need to modify IPTables. See issue: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/issues/1859.
* Use `osc -h <server> ...` to connect to an OpenShift server
* Use `openshift help` to see more about the commands in the binary
== Develop locally on your host
You can develop OpenShift 3 on Windows, Mac, or Linux, but you'll need Docker installed on Linux to actually launch containers.
* For OpenShift 3 development, install the http://golang.org/[Go] programming language
* To launch containers, install the https://docker.com/[Docker] platform
Here's how to get set up:
1. For Go, Git and optionally also Docker, follow the links below to get to installation information for these tools: +
** http://golang.org/doc/install[Installing Go]. You must install Go 1.4.
** http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git[Installing Git]
** https://docs.docker.com/installation/#installation[Installing Docker]. NOTE: OpenShift now requires at least Docker 1.6. RPMs for CentOS 7 are not yet available in the default yum repositories. If you're running CentOS, please see the link:README.md#docker-16[README] for information on where to get Docker 1.6 RPMs for your platform.
2. Next, create a Go workspace directory: +
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$ mkdir $HOME/go
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3. In your `.bashrc` file or `.bash_profile` file, set a GOPATH and update your PATH: +
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export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
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4. Open up a new terminal or source the changes in your current terminal, and you're ready to code.
== Develop on virtual machine using Vagrant
To facilitate rapid development we've put together a Vagrantfile you can use to stand up a development environment.
1. http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads[Install Vagrant]
2. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads[Install VirtualBox] (Ex: `yum install VirtualBox`)
3. Clone the project and change into the directory:
$ mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/openshift
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/openshift
$ git clone git://github.com/openshift/origin
$ cd origin
4. Bring up the VM:
$ vagrant up
5. SSH in:
$ vagrant ssh
6. Run a build:
$ cd /data/src/github.com/openshift/origin
$ hack/build-go.sh
7. Start an OpenShift all-in-one server (includes everything you need to try OpenShift)
$ sudo systemctl start openshift
8. On your host system, try browsing to: https://localhost:8443/console
TIP: See https://github.com/openshift/vagrant-openshift for more advanced options
TIP: In some cases (eg. after git pull), you might run `make clean` in the `origin` directory to clean up outdated compiled files.
== Ensure virtual box interfaces are not managed by Network Manager
If you are developing on a Linux host, then you need to ensure that Network Manager is ignoring the
virtual box interfaces, otherwise they cause issues with multi-vm networking.
Follow these steps to ensure that virtual box interfaces are unmanaged:
1. Check the status of Network Manager devices:
$ nmcli d
2. If any devices whose name start with vboxnet* are not unmanaged, then they need to be added to
NetworkManager configuration to be ignored.
$ cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=mac:0a:00:27:00:00:00;mac:0a:00:27:00:00:01;mac:0a:00:27:00:00:02
3. One can use the following command to help generate the configuration:
$ ip link list | grep vboxnet -A 1 | grep link/ether | awk '{print "mac:" $2}' | paste -sd ";" -
4. Reload the Network Manager configuration:
$ sudo nmcli con reload
== Development: What's on the Menu?
Right now you can see what's happening with OpenShift development at:
https://github.com/openshift/origin[github.com/openshift/origin]
Here's a quick summary of what we're doing there:
=== The OpenShift Origin Repo
This repo contains the OpenShift 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ40GobvA1c[Platform-as-a-Service], built on Kubernetes, along with some script-based examples of the +openshift+ utility in action. Kubernetes is included in this repo for ease of development, and the version we include is periodically updated. In the future it will be possible to run OpenShift on top of an existing system.
*Hacking OpenShift Origin:* +
To get started, https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo[fork] the https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo[origin repo] and then set up a local copy:
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$ go get github.com/openshift/origin
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/openshift/origin
$ git remote add <YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME> git@github.com:<YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME>/origin
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From here, you can follow the https://github.com/openshift/origin/#getting-started[Getting Started section] of the README for a brief tour of OpenShift 3 functionality, which includes single and multi-container pod examples.
Ready to play with some code? Hop down and read up on our link:#_the_roadmap[roadmap] for ideas on where you can contribute.
*If you are interested in contributing to Kubernetes directly:* +
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes#community-discussion-and-support[Join the Kubernetes community] and check out the https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md[contributing guide].
=== Troubleshooting
If you run into difficulties running OpenShift, start by reading through the https://github.com/openshift/origin/blob/master/docs/debugging-openshift.md[troubleshooting guide].
=== The Roadmap
The OpenShift project roadmap lives https://trello.com/b/nlLwlKoz/openshift-origin-roadmap[on Trello]. Of particular interest to those who want to get involved with the OpenShift 3 architecture are the following topics:
* https://trello.com/c/uqNIamJi[Orchestration]
* https://trello.com/c/ja8bbQwy[Networking]
* https://trello.com/c/3zHeVSla[Routing and Load Balancing]
These link to active and backlog tasks that the OpenShift team is planning or working on for Kubernetes development.
== Stay in Touch
Reach out to the OpenShift team and other community contributors through IRC and our mailing list:
* IRC: Hop onto the http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=openshift-dev&uio=d4[#openshift-dev] channel on http://www.freenode.net/[FreeNode].
* E-mail: Join the OpenShift developers' http://lists.openshift.redhat.com/openshiftmm/listinfo/dev[mailing list].