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Jon Chery de8fdc0fe4 feat(P03): docker release — multi-stage Dockerfile + Gitea container registry publish
REQ-046: Docker image published to Gitea container registry per release.

Dockerfile: multi-stage (golang:1.25 -> distroless/static-debian12:nonroot).
  CGO_ENABLED=0, ORCA_HOME=/var/lib/orca, ENTRYPOINT [/orca].
  Image size: ~28MB. Runs as nonroot.

.coreci.yml: new container-publish step in release pipeline (docker:24-cli,
  builds + tags + login + push + logout).

scripts/release.sh: docker build + push after Gitea release. Graceful
  skip if docker absent or GITEA_TOKEN unset. Env-overridable registry.

.dockerignore: excludes .git, bin/, .env, .ciagent/, testdata/, *.tar.gz.

docs/docker.md: pull, run, state persistence (volume mount), local build,
  manual publish guide.

Verified: docker build + run version/init with volume persistence.

---ci---
project: orca
phase: 3
milestone: v0.5
status: verify
---/ci---
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# Docker Guide
Orca is available as a container image on the Gitea container registry.
The image is a minimal distroless static build (~2MB runtime layer)
that runs the orca binary directly.
## Image
```
git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:<version>
git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:latest
```
The image is built from the `Dockerfile` in the repo root:
- **Build stage**: `golang:1.25` — compiles a static binary with
`CGO_ENABLED=0` (modernc/sqlite is pure Go, no CGO).
- **Runtime stage**: `gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:nonroot`
~2MB, no shell, runs as `nonroot` user.
## Pull
```bash
docker pull git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:latest
# or pin a version
docker pull git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:v0.4.4
```
The repo is public (REQ-045), so anonymous pull works without login.
## Run
```bash
# Print version
docker run --rm git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:v0.4.4 version
# Initialize state (creates /var/lib/orca/ inside the container)
docker run --rm -v orca-data:/var/lib/orca git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:v0.4.4 init
# Run the daemon (persist state via volume)
docker run -d --name orca \
-p 8080:8080 \
-v orca-data:/var/lib/orca \
git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:v0.4.4 daemon --addr=:8080
```
## State Persistence
The image sets `ENV ORCA_HOME=/var/lib/orca`. All orca state (SQLite
database, CA certs, server certs) is written under this path. To
persist state across container restarts, mount a volume:
```bash
docker volume create orca-data
docker run --rm -v orca-data:/var/lib/orca git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:v0.4.4 init
docker run -d --name orca -p 8080:8080 -v orca-data:/var/lib/orca git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:v0.4.4 daemon
```
Without a volume, state is lost when the container exits.
## System-Level Namespace Inside Containers
The `--system` flag is not needed inside containers — the image already
sets `ORCA_HOME=/var/lib/orca`. Use `--system` only if you want a
different namespace root (e.g., `/root/.orca`), which requires running
as root (the distroless image runs as `nonroot` by default).
## Build Locally
```bash
docker build --build-arg VERSION=v0.4.4 -t orca-local:v0.4.4 .
docker run --rm orca-local:v0.4.4 version
```
Build args:
- `VERSION` — semver tag (injected via `-ldflags`)
- `GIT_COMMIT` — short commit hash
- `BUILD_TIME` — ISO 8601 build timestamp
## Publish (for maintainers)
The `.coreci.yml` release pipeline includes a `container-publish` step
that builds and pushes the image on every tag release. To publish
manually:
```bash
export GITEA_TOKEN=<token>
docker build --build-arg VERSION=v0.4.4 -t git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:v0.4.4 -t git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:latest .
echo "$GITEA_TOKEN" | docker login git.cloudinit.dev -u cloudinit-bot --password-stdin
docker push git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:v0.4.4
docker push git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca:latest
```
## See Also
- [Install Guide](install.md) — binary install (alternative to Docker).
- [Namespace and Paths](namespace.md) — `ORCA_HOME` and `--system` flag.