checkpoint: support checkpoint create command #4484
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# nerdctl run -d --name test-container ghcr.io/stargz-containers/alpine:3.13-org sleep infinity
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# nerdctl checkpoint create --leave-running=true --checkpoint-dir /tmp/test-checkpoints test-container test-checkpoint
test-checkpoint
# ls /tmp/test-checkpoints/test-checkpoint/
cgroup.img files.img ipcns-var-11.img pages-1.img tmpfs-dev-49.tar.gz.img tmpfs-dev-55.tar.gz.img
core-1.img fs-1.img mm-1.img pstree.img tmpfs-dev-52.tar.gz.img utsns-12.img
descriptors.json ids-1.img mountpoints-13.img seccomp.img tmpfs-dev-53.tar.gz.img
fdinfo-2.img inventory.img pagemap-1.img timens-0.img tmpfs-dev-54.tar.gz.img |
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- Create checkpoints from running containers using containerd APIs - Support both leave-running and exit modes via --leave-running flag - Configurable checkpoint directory via --checkpoint-dir flag Signed-off-by: ChengyuZhu6 <[email protected]>
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add unit tests for checkpoint create command. Signed-off-by: ChengyuZhu6 <[email protected]>
add checkpoint create command reference. Signed-off-by: ChengyuZhu6 <[email protected]>
add checkpoint restore support to container start. e.g.: $ nerdctl run --name cr -d busybox sleep infinity $ nerdctl checkpoint create cr checkpoint1 $ nerdctl start --checkpoint checkpoint cr Signed-off-by: ChengyuZhu6 <[email protected]>
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| ExitCode: 0, | ||
| Output: expect.All( | ||
| func(_ string, t tig.T) { | ||
| // Validate state continuity only: counter should not reset and must keep increasing |
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Shouldn't this check the in-memory state?
e.g., redis
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I have changed the test to mount /state as tmpfs to check the in-memory state.
add unit test for container start with checkpoint. Signed-off-by: ChengyuZhu6 <[email protected]>
add nerdctl start with checkpoint command reference. Signed-off-by: ChengyuZhu6 <[email protected]>
install criu in ci to test checkpoint. Signed-off-by: ChengyuZhu6 <[email protected]>
introduce taskoptions to reduce argument numbers.
Otherwise, ci would be failed by:
```
Error: pkg/taskutil/taskutil.go:51:1: argument-limit:
maximum number of arguments per function exceeded; max 12 but got 13
func NewTask(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client,
container containerd.Container, attachStreamOpt []string,
isInteractive, isTerminal, isDetach bool, con console.Console,
logURI, detachKeys, namespace string, detachC chan<- struct{}, checkpointDir string)
```
Signed-off-by: ChengyuZhu6 <[email protected]>
Currently, nerdctl CI uses docker 28.0.4, while docker version 28.x has a known regression that breaks Checkpoint/Restore functionality. The issue is tracked in the moby/moby project as moby/moby#50750. Signed-off-by: ChengyuZhu6 <[email protected]>
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Fixes: #4483