Gunicorn is replaced with nginx-unit

We now serve Netbox with an nginx-unit instance instead of Gunicorn.
This allows us to get rid of the extra Nginx container because Unit is
also serving the static files. The static files are now collected at container
buildtime instead of every startup.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -65,13 +65,3 @@ If your log is very long, create a Gist instead (and post the link to it): https
 ```text
 LOG LOG LOG
 ```
-
-The output of `docker-compose logs nginx`:
-<!--
-Only if you have gotten a 5xx http error, else delete this section.
-If your log is very long, create a Gist instead (and post the link to it): https://gist.github.com
--->
-
-```text
-LOG LOG LOG
-```

.github/workflows/push.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         - ./build.sh develop
         docker_from:
         - '' # use the default of the build script
-        # - python:3.10-rc-alpine # disable until dependencies work
+        - alpine:edge
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Builds new Netbox Docker Images

Dockerfile

@@ -12,27 +12,15 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
       libffi-dev \
       libxslt-dev \
       openldap-dev \
-      postgresql-dev
-
-WORKDIR /install
-
-RUN pip install --prefix="/install" --no-warn-script-location \
-# gunicorn is used for launching netbox
-      gunicorn \
-      greenlet \
-      eventlet \
-# napalm is used for gathering information from network devices
-      napalm \
-# ruamel is used in startup_scripts
-      'ruamel.yaml>=0.15,<0.16' \
-# django_auth_ldap is required for ldap
-      django_auth_ldap \
-# django-storages was introduced in 2.7 and is optional
-      django-storages
+      postgresql-dev \
+      py3-pip \
+      python3-dev \
+      && python3 -m venv /opt/netbox/venv \
+      && /opt/netbox/venv/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
 
 ARG NETBOX_PATH
-COPY ${NETBOX_PATH}/requirements.txt /
-RUN pip install --prefix="/install" --no-warn-script-location -r /requirements.txt
+COPY ${NETBOX_PATH}/requirements.txt requirements-container.txt /
+RUN /opt/netbox/venv/bin/pip install -r /requirements.txt -r /requirements-container.txt
 
 ###
 # Main stage
@@ -44,42 +32,46 @@ FROM ${FROM} as main
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
       bash \
       ca-certificates \
+      curl \
       graphviz \
       libevent \
       libffi \
       libjpeg-turbo \
       libressl \
       libxslt \
       postgresql-libs \
-      ttf-ubuntu-font-family
+      python3 \
+      py3-pip \
+      ttf-ubuntu-font-family \
+      unit \
+      unit-python3
 
 WORKDIR /opt
 
-COPY --from=builder /install /usr/local
+COPY --from=builder /opt/netbox/venv /opt/netbox/venv
 
 ARG NETBOX_PATH
 COPY ${NETBOX_PATH} /opt/netbox
 
 COPY docker/configuration.docker.py /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.py
-COPY docker/gunicorn_config.py /etc/netbox/
-COPY docker/nginx.conf /etc/netbox-nginx/nginx.conf
 COPY docker/docker-entrypoint.sh /opt/netbox/docker-entrypoint.sh
+COPY docker/launch-netbox.sh /opt/netbox/launch-netbox.sh
 COPY startup_scripts/ /opt/netbox/startup_scripts/
 COPY initializers/ /opt/netbox/initializers/
 COPY configuration/ /etc/netbox/config/
+COPY docker/nginx-unit.json /etc/unit/
 
 WORKDIR /opt/netbox/netbox
 
-# Must set permissions for '/opt/netbox/netbox/static' directory
-# to g+w so that `./manage.py collectstatic` can be executed during
-# container startup.
 # Must set permissions for '/opt/netbox/netbox/media' directory
 # to g+w so that pictures can be uploaded to netbox.
-RUN mkdir static && chmod -R g+w static media
+RUN mkdir -p static /opt/unit/state/ /opt/unit/tmp/ \
+      && chmod -R g+w media /opt/unit/ \
+      && SECRET_KEY="dummy" /opt/netbox/venv/bin/python /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py collectstatic --no-input
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/opt/netbox/docker-entrypoint.sh" ]
 
-CMD ["gunicorn", "-c /etc/netbox/gunicorn_config.py", "netbox.wsgi"]
+CMD [ "/opt/netbox/launch-netbox.sh" ]
 
 LABEL ORIGINAL_TAG="" \
       NETBOX_GIT_BRANCH="" \

README.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ cd netbox-docker
 tee docker-compose.override.yml <<EOF
 version: '3.4'
 services:
-  nginx:
+  netbox:
     ports:
       - 8000:8080
 EOF

build.sh

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ if [ "${1}x" == "x" ] || [ "${1}" == "--help" ] || [ "${1}" == "-h" ]; then
   echo "  DOCKERFILE  The name of Dockerfile to use."
   echo "              Default: Dockerfile"
   echo "  DOCKER_FROM The base image to use."
-  echo "              Default: 'python:3.9-alpine'"
+  echo "              Default: 'alpine:3.13'"
   echo "  DOCKER_TARGET A specific target to build."
   echo "              It's currently not possible to pass multiple targets."
   echo "              Default: main ldap"
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 ###
-# Variables for fetching the source
+# Variables for fetching the Netbox source
 ###
 SRC_ORG="${SRC_ORG-netbox-community}"
 SRC_REPO="${SRC_REPO-netbox}"
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ URL="${URL-https://github.com/${SRC_ORG}/${SRC_REPO}.git}"
 NETBOX_PATH="${NETBOX_PATH-.netbox}"
 
 ###
-# Fetching the source
+# Fetching the Netbox source
 ###
 if [ "${2}" != "--push-only" ] && [ -z "${SKIP_GIT}" ] ; then
-  echo "🌐 Checking out '${NETBOX_BRANCH}' of netbox from the url '${URL}' into '${NETBOX_PATH}'"
+  echo "🌐 Checking out '${NETBOX_BRANCH}' of Netbox from the url '${URL}' into '${NETBOX_PATH}'"
   if [ ! -d "${NETBOX_PATH}" ]; then
     $DRY git clone -q --depth 10 -b "${NETBOX_BRANCH}" "${URL}" "${NETBOX_PATH}"
   fi
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if [ "${2}" != "--push-only" ] && [ -z "${SKIP_GIT}" ] ; then
     $DRY git checkout -qf FETCH_HEAD
     $DRY git prune
   )
-  echo "✅ Checked out netbox"
+  echo "✅ Checked out Netbox"
 fi
 
 ###
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ fi
 # Determining the value for DOCKER_FROM
 ###
 if [ -z "$DOCKER_FROM" ]; then
-  DOCKER_FROM="python:3.9-alpine"
+  DOCKER_FROM="alpine:3.13"
 fi
 
 ###
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ for DOCKER_TARGET in "${DOCKER_TARGETS[@]}"; do
 
       if ! printf '%s\n' "${IMAGES_LAYERS_OLD[@]}" | grep -q -P "^${PYTHON_LAST_LAYER}\$"; then
         SHOULD_BUILD="true"
-        BUILD_REASON="${BUILD_REASON} python"
+        BUILD_REASON="${BUILD_REASON} alpine"
       fi
       if [ "${NETBOX_GIT_REF}" != "${NETBOX_GIT_REF_OLD}" ]; then
         SHOULD_BUILD="true"

docker-compose.test.yml

@@ -14,19 +14,9 @@ services:
     - ./configuration:/etc/netbox/config:z,ro
     - ./reports:/etc/netbox/reports:z,ro
     - ./scripts:/etc/netbox/scripts:z,ro
-    - netbox-nginx-config:/etc/netbox-nginx:z
-    - netbox-static-files:/opt/netbox/netbox/static:z
     - netbox-media-files:/opt/netbox/netbox/media:z
-  nginx:
-    command: nginx -c /etc/netbox-nginx/nginx.conf
-    image: nginx:1.19-alpine
-    depends_on:
-    - netbox
     ports:
     - 8080
-    volumes:
-    - netbox-static-files:/opt/netbox/netbox/static:ro
-    - netbox-nginx-config:/etc/netbox-nginx/:ro
   postgres:
     image: postgres:12-alpine
     env_file: env/postgres.env
@@ -45,9 +35,5 @@ services:
     - redis-server --requirepass $$REDIS_PASSWORD ## $$ because of docker-compose
     env_file: env/redis-cache.env
 volumes:
-  netbox-static-files:
-    driver: local
-  netbox-nginx-config:
-    driver: local
   netbox-media-files:
     driver: local

docker-compose.yml

@@ -15,30 +15,19 @@ services:
     - ./configuration:/etc/netbox/config:z,ro
     - ./reports:/etc/netbox/reports:z,ro
     - ./scripts:/etc/netbox/scripts:z,ro
-    - netbox-nginx-config:/etc/netbox-nginx:z
-    - netbox-static-files:/opt/netbox/netbox/static:z
     - netbox-media-files:/opt/netbox/netbox/media:z
+    ports:
+    - "8080"
   netbox-worker:
     <<: *netbox
     depends_on:
     - redis
     entrypoint:
-    - python3
+    - /opt/netbox/venv/bin/python
     - /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py
     command:
     - rqworker
-
-  # nginx
-  nginx:
-    command: nginx -c /etc/netbox-nginx/nginx.conf
-    image: nginx:1.19-alpine
-    depends_on:
-    - netbox
-    ports:
-    - 8080
-    volumes:
-    - netbox-static-files:/opt/netbox/netbox/static:ro
-    - netbox-nginx-config:/etc/netbox-nginx/:ro
+    ports: []
 
   # postgres
   postgres:
@@ -66,10 +55,6 @@ services:
     env_file: env/redis-cache.env
 
 volumes:
-  netbox-static-files:
-    driver: local
-  netbox-nginx-config:
-    driver: local
   netbox-media-files:
     driver: local
   netbox-postgres-data:

docker/configuration.docker.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import importlib.util
 import sys
 
+
 def _filename(f):
   return f.name
 

docker/docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ set -e
 # Allows Netbox to be run as non-root users
 umask 002
 
+# Load correct Python3 env
+source /opt/netbox/venv/bin/activate
+
 # Try to connect to the DB
 DB_WAIT_TIMEOUT=${DB_WAIT_TIMEOUT-3}
 MAX_DB_WAIT_TIME=${MAX_DB_WAIT_TIME-30}
@@ -60,9 +63,6 @@ else
   echo "import runpy; runpy.run_path('../startup_scripts')" | ./manage.py shell --interface python
 fi
 
-# Copy static files
-./manage.py collectstatic --no-input
-
 echo "✅ Initialisation is done."
 
 # Launch whatever is passed by docker

docker/launch-netbox.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+UNIT_CONFIG="${UNIT_CONFIG-/etc/unit/nginx-unit.json}"
+UNIT_SOCKET="/opt/unit/unit.sock"
+
+load_configuration() {
+  MAX_WAIT=10
+  WAIT_COUNT=0
+  while [ ! -S $UNIT_SOCKET ]; do
+    if [ $WAIT_COUNT -gte $MAX_WAIT ]; then
+      echo "⚠️ No control socket found; configuration will not be loaded."
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+    WAIT_COUNT=$((WAIT_COUNT + 1))
+    echo "⏳ Waiting for control socket to be created... (${WAIT_COUNT}/${MAX_WAIT})"
+
+    sleep 1
+  done
+
+  # even when the control socket exists, it does not mean unit has finished initialisation
+  # this curl call will get a reply once unit is fully launched
+  curl --silent --output /dev/null --request GET --unix-socket $UNIT_SOCKET http://localhost/
+
+  echo "⚙️ Applying configuration from $UNIT_CONFIG";
+
+  RESP_CODE=$(curl \
+                  --silent \
+                  --output /dev/null \
+                  --write-out '%{http_code}' \
+                  --request PUT \
+                  --data-binary "@${UNIT_CONFIG}" \
+                  --unix-socket $UNIT_SOCKET \
+                  http://localhost/config
+            )
+  if [ "$RESP_CODE" != "200" ]; then
+    echo "⚠️ Could no load Unit configuration"
+    kill "$(cat /opt/unit/unit.pid)"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "✅ Unit configuration loaded successfully"
+}
+
+load_configuration &
+
+exec unitd \
+    --no-daemon \
+    --control unix:$UNIT_SOCKET \
+    --pid /opt/unit/unit.pid \
+    --log /dev/stdout \
+    --state /opt/unit/state/ \
+    --tmp /opt/unit/tmp/

docker/nginx-unit.json

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+    "listeners": {
+        "*:8080": {
+            "pass": "routes"
+        }
+    },
+
+    "routes": [
+        {
+            "match": {
+                "uri": "/static/*"
+            },
+            "action": {
+                "share": "/opt/netbox/netbox"
+            }
+        },
+
+        {
+            "action": {
+                "pass": "applications/netbox"
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+
+    "applications": {
+        "netbox": {
+            "type": "python 3",
+            "path": "/opt/netbox/netbox/",
+            "module": "netbox.wsgi",
+            "home": "/opt/netbox/venv",
+            "processes": {
+                "max": 4,
+                "spare": 1,
+                "idle_timeout": 120
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    "access_log": "/dev/stdout"
+}