phenix

Welcome to phenix!

Building

Local build

To build locally, you will need Golang v1.18, Node v14.2, Yarn 1.22, and Protoc 3.14 installed.

Once installed (if not already), simply run:

make bin/phenix

If you don't want to install Golang and/or Node locally, you can also use Docker to build phenix (assuming you have Docker installed). Simply run ./hack/build/docker-build.sh and once built, the phenix binary will be available at bin/phenix. Run ./hack/build/docker-build.sh -h for usage details.

Docker build

Docker is the recommended way to build and deploy phenix.

The Docker image is updated automatically each time a commit is pushed to the main branch. To pull the latest image:

docker pull ghcr.io/sandialabs/sceptre-phenix/phenix:main

NOTE: currently the main image available on GHCR defaults to having UI authentication disabled. If you want to enable authentication, you'll need to build the image yourself, setting the PHENIX_WEB_AUTH=enabled Docker build argument. See issue #4 for additional details.

Using

Please see the documentation at https://phenix.sceptre.dev for phenix usage documentation.

Git Workflow Support

phenix can now support a git workflow. The following assumes an intermediary (e.g., a GitLab runner) exists to react to git push events.

The first example cURL command below should be run for each phenix topology or scenario file present in the repository. These should be run prior to the Workflow Apply request being executed.

Once all the phenix topology and scenario files have been added/updated, the phenix workflow config file (likely to be a hidden file in the root of the repository named .phenix.yml) should be applied. Applying the phenix workflow config file will trigger existing experiments to be updated and restarted, depending on settings within the workflow config file.

Optional tags can be passed as URL querries when the workflow config is applied. These tags are stored as a string key1=value1,key2=value2.

Add/Update Topology or Scenario Config

curl -XPOST -H "Content-Type: application/x-yaml" \
  --data-binary @{/path/to/config/file.yml} \
  http://localhost:3000/api/v1/workflow/configs/{branch name}

Apply phenix Workflow Config

curl -XPOST -H "Content-Type: application/x-yaml" \
  --data-binary @{/path/to/config/file.yml} \
  http://localhost:3000/api/v1/workflow/apply/{branch name}[?tag=key1=value1&tag=key2=value2]

phenix Workflow Config File Documentation

Below is an example phenix workflow config file.

apiVersion: phenix.sandia.gov/v0
kind: Workflow
metadata: {}
spec:
  auto:
    create: {{BRANCH_NAME}}-<string>
    update: <bool>  # defaults to true
    restart: <bool> # defaults to true
  topology: {{BRANCH_NAME}}-<string>
  scenario: {{BRANCH_NAME}}-<string>
  vlans:
    <alias>: <int>
  schedules:
    <vm>: <string>

• auto - this group of settings is used to determine what events happen automatically when the workflow config is applied.
  • create - if set, this string will be used as the name of the new experiment to automatically be created for the current branch if one does not already exist. Omit this setting to prevent an experiment from automatically being created for the current branch.
  • update - if true (the default), an experiment for the current branch will be updated with its topology and scenario (if it has one). If the experiment is currently running, it will only be updated if auto.restart is also true.
  • restart - if true (the default), a running experiment for the current branch will be stopped, updated, and restarted when the workflow config is applied to phenix. If the existing experiment is already stopped, or a new experiment is created, it will be started. This setting has no affect if auto.update is disabled and an experiment exists for the current branch.
• topology - the name of the topology config to use for the experiment. Variable substation will be applied to the config name. This setting can be changed to force an existing experiment for the current branch to use a different topology.
• scenario - the name of the scenario config to use for the experiment. Variable substation will be applied to the config name. This setting can be changed to force an existing experiment for the current branch to use a different scenario.
• vlans - a map of VLAN alias to VLAN IDs to apply to the experiment for the current branch. This setting has no affect if auto.update is disabled, or if auto.restart is disabled and the experiment for the current branch is running.
• schedules - a map of VM hostnames to cluster hosts to apply to the experiment for the current branch. This setting has no affect if auto.update is disabled, or if auto.restart is disabled and the experiment for the current branch is running.