Nightly Builds¶

Overview¶

Nightly builds are automatically created every day at 2 AM UTC from the latest commit on the main branch. These builds allow users to test the latest features and fixes before they are included in an official release.

Image Tags¶

Nightly builds are published with two tags:

1. Versioned nightly tag: v<latest-tag>-<date>-<commit-sha>-nightly

2. Example: v0.5.0-2024-01-15-a1b2c3d-nightly

3. Latest nightly tag: nightly

4. Always points to the most recent nightly build

Using Nightly Builds¶

Pull the latest nightly build¶

podman pull ghcr.io/pfeifferj/karpenter-provider-ibm-cloud/controller:nightly

Pull a specific nightly build¶

podman pull ghcr.io/pfeifferj/karpenter-provider-ibm-cloud/controller:v0.5.0-2024-01-15-a1b2c3d-nightly

Deploy with Helm using nightly builds¶

helm upgrade --install karpenter-ibm oci://ghcr.io/pfeifferj/karpenter-provider-ibm-cloud/charts/karpenter-provider-ibm-cloud \
  --set controller.image.tag=nightly \
  --namespace karpenter \
  --create-namespace

Build Schedule¶

• Daily builds: Every day at 2 AM UTC
• Manual builds: Can be triggered manually through GitHub Actions
• Retention: Nightly builds older than 7 days are automatically cleaned up

Stability Notice¶

Important: Nightly builds are created from the latest code on the main branch and may contain:

• Unreleased features
• Breaking changes
• Bugs that haven't been discovered yet

Nightly builds are intended for:

• Testing new features early
• Development and staging environments
• Contributing to the project

Do not use nightly builds in production environments.