Container Image Builder

Dagger-based pipeline for building extensible container images with two base variants (Ubuntu 24.04 and Chainguard) and customizable tool sets.

Overview

This project provides a systematic way to build and maintain container images with:

• Multi-architecture support: All images built for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64
• Two base image variants: Ubuntu 24.04 and Chainguard (Wolfi-based)
• Core tools available in all images: Git, jq, yq, Node.js (20/22/24)
• Specialized tools as separate image variants: kustomize, Dagger, ESPHome, Zola, yamllint
• Automated dependency updates via Renovate

Prerequisites

• Mise for tool management
• Docker or compatible container runtime (for running Dagger)

Setup

1. Install tools via Mise:

mise install

This installs:

• Dagger 0.19.8
• Go 1.23

2. Verify installation:

dagger version

Usage

Building Individual Tool Images

Build a specific tool image:

# Ubuntu-based image (default: amd64)
dagger call build-tool --tool=yamllint --config-file=tools.yaml --base=ubuntu

# Chainguard-based image (default: amd64)
dagger call build-tool --tool=kustomize --config-file=tools.yaml --base=chainguard

# Build for arm64 platform
dagger call build-tool --tool=yamllint --config-file=tools.yaml --platform=linux/arm64

# Build for amd64 platform (explicit)
dagger call build-tool --tool=yamllint --config-file=tools.yaml --platform=linux/amd64

Verifying Tool Installation

# Check yamllint version
dagger call build-tool --tool=yamllint --config-file=tools.yaml \
  with-exec --args=yamllint,--version stdout

# Check multiple tools
dagger call build-tool --tool=yamllint --config-file=tools.yaml \
  with-exec --args=jq,--version \
  with-exec --args=yq,--version \
  with-exec --args=node,--version stdout

Building All Images

Build and publish all images to a registry (multi-arch: amd64 + arm64):

dagger call build-all --config-file=tools.yaml --registry=docker.io/myorg

This creates multi-architecture images with the following naming scheme:

• Ubuntu base: ubuntu-runner:24.04 (amd64 + arm64)
• Ubuntu + tool: ubuntu-{tool}:{version} (e.g., ubuntu-esphome:2025.11.2) (amd64 + arm64)
• Chainguard + tool: {tool}:{version} (e.g., esphome:2025.11.2) (amd64 + arm64)

All images are published as multi-platform manifests supporting both linux/amd64 and linux/arm64.

Configuration

Adding New Tools

Edit tools.yaml to add new tools:

tools:
  newtool:
    version: "1.2.3"
    description: "Description of the new tool"

Then update dagger/main.go to add installation logic in both buildUbuntuTool() and buildChainguardTool() functions.

Updating Tool Versions

Tool versions are managed in tools.yaml. Renovate will automatically create PRs to update these versions.

Architecture

• tools.yaml: Version configuration for all tools
• dagger/main.go: Dagger pipeline implementation
• renovate.json: Renovate configuration for automated updates
• .mise.toml: Mise tool version management

Available Tools

Core Tools (all images)

• Git
• jq
• yq
• Node.js (20, 22, 24)

Specialized Tools

• kustomize: Kubernetes configuration customization
• dagger: Application delivery as code
• esphome: ESPHome firmware builder
• zola: Static site generator
• yamllint: YAML linter

Renovate Integration

The project is configured with Renovate to automatically:

• Monitor releases for all tools
• Create PRs when new versions are available
• Update both tools.yaml and .mise.toml files

Development

Project Structure

.
├── dagger/
│   ├── main.go           # Dagger module implementation
│   ├── go.mod
│   └── go.sum
├── tools.yaml            # Tool version configuration
├── renovate.json         # Renovate configuration
├── .mise.toml           # Mise configuration
└── README.md            # This file

Local Testing

Test building a single tool image locally:

dagger call build-tool --tool=yamllint --config-file=tools.yaml

Image Tags

Images follow a consistent tagging scheme:

Base	Tool	Tag Format	Example
Ubuntu	None	ubuntu-runner:24.04	Base Ubuntu image
Ubuntu	Any	ubuntu-{tool}:{version}	ubuntu-kustomize:5.5.0
Chainguard	Any	{tool}:{version}	kustomize:5.5.0

License

Apache-2.0