Custom compilation of Openshift origin-web-console

Compilation

1. Build project

   # in origin-web-console repo dir
   make build
   

2. Commit changes

3. Clone origin-web-console-server to a proper location. Typically it’s ~/go/src/github.com/openshift/origin-web-console-server

   go get github.com/openshift/origin-web-console-server
   

4. Select branch matching to branch used in origin-web-console project.

   # in origin-web-console-server repo dir
   git branch <branch-name>
   

5. Vendor origin-web-console files

   GIT_REF=<origin-web-console commit reference> CONSOLE_REPO_PATH=<path to origin-web-console repo dir> make vendor-console
   

6. Create the image

   OS_BUILD_ENV_PRESERVE=_output/local/bin hack/env make build-images
   

   New image is available in local docker registry as openshift/origin-web-console:latest.

Cross-compilation of console, catalog and common

Described in official README.

Deployment

1. Let’s have a cluster running. E.g. oc cluster up.

2. Change image in deployment specification:

   oc login -u system:admin
   oc patch deployment/webconsole --patch '{ "spec": { "template": { "spec": { "containers": [ { "name": "webconsole", "image": "openshift/origin-web-console:latest" } ] } } } }' -n openshift-web-console