Build Process Overview

ContainerHive builds container images through a sequential pipeline:

Pipeline Steps

1. Discovery - Find and validate configuration files
2. Dependency Resolution - Build dependency graph combining implicit (Dockerfile FROM) and explicit (depends_on) dependencies
3. Preparation - Apply templates and prepare build contexts
4. Execution - Build images sequentially using BuildKit
5. Post-Processing - Generate SBOMs, run tests, push to registry
6. Cleanup - Remove temporary artifacts and report results

Key Features

• Sequential execution for reliability and predictability
• Dependency-aware ordering using topological sorting
• Template processing with Go templates
• Secure secret handling via BuildKit secret mounting
• RootFS copying for derived image scenarios
• Comprehensive error handling with detailed reporting