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Introduction
The Open Component Model command line client supports the work with OCM artifacts, like Component Archives, Common Transport Archive, Component Repositories, and Component Versions.
Additionally it provides some limited support for the docker daemon, OCI artifacts and registries.
It can be used in two ways:
- verb/operation first: here the sub commands follow the pattern <verb> <object kind> <arguments>
- area/kind first: here the area and/or object kind is given first followed by the operation according to the pattern [<area>] <object kind> <verb/operation> <arguments>
The command accepts some top level options, they can only be given before the sub commands.
A configuration according to ocm configfile is read from a .ocmconfig
file
located in the HOME
directory. With the option –config
other
file locations can be specified. If nothing is specified and no file is found at the default
location a default configuration is composed according to known type specific
configuration files.
The following configuration sources are used:
The docker configuration file at
~/.docker/config.json
is read to feed in the configured credentials for OCI registries.The npm configuration file at
~/.npmrc
is read to feed in the configured credentials for NPM registries.
With the option –cred
it is possible to specify arbitrary credentials
for various environments on the command line. Nevertheless it is always preferable
to use the cli config file.
Every credential setting is related to a dedicated consumer and provides a set of
credential attributes. All this can be specified by a sequence of –cred
options.
Every option value has the format
--cred [:]<attr>=<value>
Consumer identity attributes are prefixed with the colon ‘:’. A credential settings always start with a sequence of at least one identity attributes, followed by a sequence of credential attributes. If a credential attribute is followed by an identity attribute a new credential setting is started.
The first credential setting may omit identity attributes. In this case it is used as default credential, always used if no dedicated match is found.
For example:
--cred :type=OCIRegistry --cred :hostname=ghcr.io --cred username=mandelsoft --cred password=xyz
With the option -X
it is possible to pass global settings of the
form
-X <attribute>=<value>
The –log*
options can be used to configure the logging behaviour.
For details see ocm logging.
There is a quick config option –logkeys
to configure simple
tag/realm based condition rules. The comma-separated names build an AND rule.
Hereby, names starting with a slash (/
) denote a realm (without
the leading slash). A realm is a slash separated sequence of identifiers. If
the realm name starts with a plus (+
) character the generated rule
will match the realm and all its sub-realms, otherwise, only the dedicated
realm is affected. For example /+ocm=trace
will enable all log output of the
OCM library.
A tag directly matches the logging tags. Used tags and realms can be found under
topic ocm logging. The ocm coding basically uses the realm ocm
.
The default level to enable is info
. Separated by an equal sign (=
)
optionally a dedicated level can be specified. Log levels can be (error
,
warn
, info
, debug
and trace
.
The default level is warn
.
The –logconfig*
options can be used to configure a complete
logging configuration (yaml/json) via command line. If the argument starts with
an @
, the logging configuration is taken from a file.
The value can be a simple type or a JSON/YAML string for complex values (see ocm attributes). The following attributes are supported:
github.com/mandelsoft/logforward
[logfwd
]: logconfig Logging config structure used for config forwardingThis attribute is used to specify a logging configuration intended to be forwarded to other tools. (For example: TOI passes this config to the executor)
github.com/mandelsoft/oci/cache
[cache
]: stringFilesystem folder to use for caching OCI blobs
github.com/mandelsoft/ocm/compat
[compat
]: boolCompatibility mode: Avoid generic local access methods and prefer type specific ones.
github.com/mandelsoft/ocm/hasher
: JSONPreferred hash algorithm to calculate resource digests. The following digesters are supported:
NO-DIGEST
SHA-256
(default)SHA-512
github.com/mandelsoft/ocm/keeplocalblob
[keeplocalblob
]: boolKeep local blobs when importing OCI artifacts to OCI registries from
localBlob
access methods. By default, they will be expanded to OCI artifacts with the access methodociRegistry
. If this option is set to true, they will be stored as local blobs, also. The access method will still belocalBlob
but with a nestedociRegistry
access method for describing the global access.github.com/mandelsoft/ocm/mapocirepo
[mapocirepo
]: bool|YAMLWhen uploading an OCI artifact blob to an OCI based OCM repository and the artifact is uploaded as OCI artifact, the repository path part is shortened, either by hashing all but the last repository name part or by executing some prefix based name mappings.
If a boolean is given the short hash or none mode is enabled. The YAML flavor uses the following fields:
mode
string:hash
,shortHash
,prefixMapping
ornone
. If unset, no mapping is done.prefixMappings
: map[string]string repository path prefix mapping.prefix
: string repository prefix to use (replaces potential sub path of OCM repo). ornone
.prefixMapping
: map[string]string repository path prefix mapping.
Notes:
- The mapping only occurs in transfer commands and only when transferring to OCI registries (e.g. when transferring to a CTF archive this option will be ignored).
- The mapping in mode
prefixMapping
requires a full prefix of the composed final name. Partial matches are not supported. The host name of the target will be skipped. - The artifact name of the component-descriptor is not mapped.
- If the mapping is provided on the command line it must be JSON format and needs to be properly escaped (see example below).
Example:
Assume a component named
github.com/my_org/myexamplewithalongname
and a chart nameecho
in theCharts.yaml
of the chart archive. The following input to aresource.yaml
creates a component version:name: mychart type: helmChart input: type: helm path: charts/mychart.tgz --- name: myimage type: ociImage version: 0.1.0 input: type: ociImage repository: ocm/ocm.software/ocmcli/ocmcli-image path: ghcr.io/acme/ocm/ocm.software/ocmcli/ocmcli-image:0.1.0
The following command:
ocm "-X mapocirepo={\"mode\":\"mapping\",\"prefixMappings\":{\"acme/github.com/my_org/myexamplewithalongname/ocm/ocm.software/ocmcli\":\"acme/cli\", \"acme/github.com/my_org/myexamplewithalongnameabc123\":\"acme/mychart\"}}" transfer ctf -f --copy-resources ./ctf ghcr.io/acme
will result in the following artifacts in
ghcr.io/my_org
:mychart/echo cli/ocmcli-image
Note that the host name part of the transfer target
ghcr.io/acme
is excluded from the prefix but the pathacme
is considered.The same using a config file
.ocmconfig
:type: generic.config.ocm.software/v1 configurations: ... - type: attributes.config.ocm.software attributes: ... mapocirepo: mode: mapping prefixMappings: acme/github.com/my\_org/myexamplewithalongname/ocm/ocm.software/ocmcli: acme/cli acme/github.com/my\_org/myexamplewithalongnameabc123: acme/mychart
ocm transfer ca -f --copy-resources ./ca ghcr.io/acme
github.com/mandelsoft/ocm/ociuploadrepo
[ociuploadrepo
]: oci base repository refUpload local OCI artifact blobs to a dedicated repository.
github.com/mandelsoft/ocm/plugindir
[plugindir
]: plugin directoryDirectory to look for OCM plugin executables.
github.com/mandelsoft/ocm/rootcerts
[rootcerts
]: JSONGeneral root certificate settings given as JSON document with the following format:
{ "rootCertificates": [ { "data": ""<base64>" }, { "path": ""<file path>" } ] }
One of following data fields are possible:
data
: base64 encoded binary datastringdata
: plain text datapath
: a file path to read the data from
github.com/mandelsoft/ocm/signing
: JSONPublic and private Key settings given as JSON document with the following format:
{ "publicKeys": [ "<provider>": { "data": ""<base64>" } ], "privateKeys"": [ "<provider>": { "path": ""<file path>" } ] }
One of following data fields are possible:
data
: base64 encoded binary datastringdata
: plain text datapath
: a file path to read the data from
github.com/mandelsoft/tempblobcache
[blobcache
]: string Foldername for temporary blob cacheThe temporary blob cache is used to accessing large blobs from remote systems. The are temporarily stored in the filesystem, instead of the memory, to avoid blowing up the memory consumption.
ocm.software/cliconfig
[cliconfig
]: cliconfig Configuration Object passed to command line plugin.ocm.software/compositionmode
[compositionmode
]: bool (default: false)Composition mode decouples a component version provided by a repository implementation from the backend persistence. Added local blobs will and other changes will not be forwarded to the backend repository until an AddVersion is called on the component. If composition mode is disabled blobs will directly be forwarded to the backend and descriptor updated will be persisted on AddVersion or closing a provided existing component version.
ocm.software/signing/sigstore
[sigstore
]: sigstore config Configuration to use for sigstore based signing.The following fields are used.
fulcioURL
string default is https://v1.fulcio.sigstore.devrekorURL
string default is https://rekor.sigstore.devOIDCIssuer
string default is https://oauth2.sigstore.dev/authOIDCClientID
string default is sigstore
For several options (like -X
) it is possible to pass complex values
using JSON or YAML syntax. To pass those arguments the escaping of the used shell
must be used to pass quotes, commas, curly brackets or newlines. for the bash
the easiest way to achieve this is to put the complete value into single quotes.
-X 'mapocirepo={"mode": "shortHash"}'
.Alternatively, quotes and opening curly brackets can be escaped by using a
backslash (\
).
Often a tagged value can also be substituted from a file with the syntax
<attr>=@<filepath>
The –public-key
and –private-key
options can be
used to define public and private keys on the command line. The options have an
argument of the form <name>=<filepath>
. The name is the name
of the key and represents the context is used for (For example the signature
name of a component version)
Alternatively a key can be specified as base64 encoded string if the argument
start with the prefix !
or as direct string with the prefix
=
.
With –issuer
it is possible to declare expected issuer
constraints for public key certificates provided as part of a signature
required to accept the provisioned public key (besides the successful
validation of the certificate). By default, the issuer constraint is
derived from the signature name. If it is not a formal distinguished name,
it is assumed to be a plain common name.
With –ca-cert
it is possible to define additional root
certificates for signature verification, if public keys are provided
by a certificate delivered with the signature.
See Also
Sub Commands
- ocm add — Add elements to a component repository or component version
- ocm check — check components in OCM repository
- ocm clean — Cleanup/re-organize elements
- ocm create — Create transport or component archive
- ocm describe — Describe various elements by using appropriate sub commands.
- ocm download — Download oci artifacts, resources or complete components
- ocm get — Get information about artifacts and components
- ocm list — List information about components
- ocm set — Set information about OCM repositories
- ocm show — Show tags or versions
- ocm sign — Sign components or hashes
- ocm transfer — Transfer artifacts or components
- ocm verify — Verify component version signatures
Additional Help Topics
- ocm attributes — configuration attributes used to control the behaviour
- ocm configfile — configuration file
- ocm credential-handling — Provisioning of credentials for credential consumers
- ocm logging — Configured logging keys
- ocm oci-references — notation for OCI references
- ocm ocm-accessmethods — List of all supported access methods
- ocm ocm-downloadhandlers — List of all available download handlers
- ocm ocm-labels — Labels and Label Merging
- ocm ocm-pubsub — List of all supported publish/subscribe implementations
- ocm ocm-references — notation for OCM references
- ocm ocm-uploadhandlers — List of all available upload handlers
- ocm toi-bootstrapping — Tiny OCM Installer based on component versions