Creating a trigger for a registry

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Create a Container Registry trigger to invoke a Cloud Functions function when you create or delete Container Registry Docker images or Docker image tags.

Getting started

To create a trigger, you need:

A function that the trigger will invoke. If you do not have a function:
- Create a function.
- Create a function version.
(Optional) A dead-letter queue where messages that could not be processed by a function will be redirected. If you do not have a queue, create one.
Service accounts with permissions to invoke the function and (optionally) write messages to the dead-letter queue. You can use the same service account or different ones. If you do not have a service account, create one.

Registry whose Docker image events will fire the trigger. If you do not have a registry, create one.

Creating a trigger

Note

The trigger is initiated within 5 minutes of being created.

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, select the folder where you want to create a trigger.
Select Cloud Functions.
In the left-hand panel, select Triggers.
Click Create trigger.
Under Basic settings:
- Enter a name and description for the trigger.
- In the Type field, select Container Registry.
- In the Launched resource field, select Function.
Under Container Registry settings:
- In the Registry field, select the registry where you want to create a trigger for image events.
- In the Event types field, select the events that will fire the trigger.
- (Optional) In the Docker image name field, enter an image name for filtering. To find out the Docker image name, get a list of Docker images in the registry.
- (Optional) In the Docker image tag field, enter the image tag for filtering.
Under Batch message settings, specify:
- Waiting time, s. The values may range from 1 to 60 seconds. The default value is 1 second.
- Batch size. The values may range from 1 to 100. The default value is 1.
The trigger groups events for a period not exceeding the specified timeout and sends them to a function. The number of events cannot exceed the specified batch size.
Under Function settings, select a function and specify:
- Function version tag.
- Service account to invoke the function under.
Optionally, under Repeat request settings:
- In the Interval field, specify the time after which the function will be invoked again if the current attempt fails. The values may range from 10 to 60 seconds. The default value is 10 seconds.
- In the Number of attempts field, specify the number of invocation retries before the trigger sends a message to the dead letter queue. The values may range from 1 to 5. The default value is 1.
Optionally, under Dead Letter Queue settings, select the dead-letter queue and the service account with write permissions for this queue.
Click Create trigger.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To create a trigger that invokes a function, run this command:

yc serverless trigger create container-registry \
  --name <trigger_name> \
  --registry-id <registry_ID> \
  --events 'create-image', 'delete-image', 'create-image-tag', 'delete-image-tag' \
  --batch-size <event_group_size> \
  --batch-cutoff <maximum_timeout> \
  --invoke-function-id <function_ID> \
  --invoke-function-service-account-id <service_account_ID> \
  --retry-attempts <number_of_retry_attempts> \
  --retry-interval <interval_between_retry_attempts> \
  --dlq-queue-id <dead-letter_queue_ID> \
  --dlq-service-account-id <service_account_ID>

Where:

--name: Trigger name.
--registry-id: Registry ID.
--events: Events activating the trigger.

--batch-size: Event batch size. Optional parameter. The values may range from 1 to 10. The default value is 1.
--batch-cutoff: Maximum waiting time. Optional parameter. The values may range from 1 to 60 seconds. The default value is 1 second. The trigger groups events for a period not exceeding batch-cutoff and sends them to a function. The number of events cannot exceed batch-size.

--invoke-function-id: Function ID.
--invoke-function-service-account-id: ID of the service account with permissions to call the function.
--retry-attempts: Number of invocation retries before the trigger sends a message to the dead-letter queue. This is an optional parameter. The values may range from 1 to 5. The default value is 1.
--retry-interval: Time after which the function will be invoked again if the current attempt fails. This is an optional parameter. The values may range from 10 to 60 seconds. The default value is 10 seconds.
--dlq-queue-id: Dead-letter queue ID. This is an optional parameter.
--dlq-service-account-id: ID of the service account with write permissions for the dead-letter queue. This is an optional parameter.

Result:

id: a1s92agr8m**********
folder_id: b1g88tflru**********
created_at: "2020-09-08T06:26:22.651656Z"
name: registry-trigger
rule:
  container_registry:
    event_type:
    - CONTAINER_REGISTRY_EVENT_TYPE_CREATE_IMAGE
    - CONTAINER_REGISTRY_EVENT_TYPE_DELETE_IMAGE
    - CONTAINER_REGISTRY_EVENT_TYPE_CREATE_IMAGE_TAG
    - CONTAINER_REGISTRY_EVENT_TYPE_DELETE_IMAGE_TAG
    registry_id: crtlds4tdfg12kil77**********
    batch_settings:
      size: "3"
      cutoff: 20s
    invoke_function:
      function_id: d4eofc7n0m**********
      function_tag: $latest
      service_account_id: aje3932acd**********
      retry_settings:
        retry_attempts: "1"
        interval: 10s
      dead_letter_queue:
        queue-id: yrn:yc:ymq:ru-central1:aoek49ghmk**********:dlq
        service-account-id: aje3932acd**********
status: ACTIVE

With Terraform, you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform website or mirror website.

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure its Yandex Cloud provider.

To create a trigger for Container Registry:

In the Terraform configuration file, define the parameters of the resources you want to create:
```
resource "yandex_function_trigger" "my_trigger" {
  name = "<trigger_name>"
  function {
    id                 = "<function_ID>"
    service_account_id = "<service_account_ID>"
    retry_attempts     = "<number_of_retry_attempts>"
    retry_interval     = "<time_between_retry_attempts>"
  }
  container_registry {
    registry_id      = "<registry_ID>"
    image_name       = "<image_name>"
    tag              = "<image_tag>"
    create_image     = true
    delete_image     = true
    create_image_tag = true
    delete_image_tag = true
    batch_cutoff     = "<maximum_timeout>"
    batch_size       = "<event_group_size>"
  }
  dlq {
    queue_id           = "<dead-letter_queue_ID>"
    service_account_id = "<service_account_ID>"
  }
}
```
Where:
- name: Trigger name. The name format is as follows:
  - It must be from 2 to 63 characters long.
  - It may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
  - It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.
- description: Trigger description.
- function: Function parameters:
  - id: Function ID.
  - service_account_id: ID of the service account with permissions to invoke the function.
  - retry_attempts: Number of invocation retries before the trigger moves a message to the dead-letter queue. This is an optional parameter. The values may range from 1 to 5. The default value is 1.
  - retry_interval: Time until another attempt is made to invoke the function if the current attempt fails. This is an optional parameter. The values may range from 10 to 60 seconds. The default value is 10 seconds.
- container_registry: Trigger properties:
  - registry_id: Registry ID.
  - image_name: Docker image name.
  - tag: Docker image tag.
  - Events activating the trigger:
    - create_image: Trigger will call the function when a new Docker image is created in the registry. It can either be true or false.
    - delete_image: Trigger will call the function when a Docker image is deleted from the registry. It can either be true or false.
    - create_image_tag: Trigger will call the function when a new Docker image tag is created in the registry. It can either be true or false.
    - delete_image_tag: Trigger will call the function when a Docker image tag is deleted from the registry. It can either be true or false.
  - batch_cutoff: Maximum wait time. This is an optional parameter. The values may range from 1 to 60 seconds. The default value is 1 second. The trigger groups events for a period not exceeding batch-cutoff and sends them to a function. The number of events cannot exceed batch-size.
  - batch_size: Event batch size. This is an optional parameter. The values may range from 1 to 10. The default value is 1.
- dlq: Dead-letter queue message parameters:
  - queue_id: Dead-letter queue ID. This is an optional parameter.
  - service_account_id: ID of the service account with write permissions to the dead-letter queue. This is an optional parameter.
For more information about the yandex_function_trigger resource parameters, see the provider documentation.
Create the resources:
1. In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.
2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:
```
terraform validate
```
  If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:
```
Success! The configuration is valid.
```
3. Run the command:
```
terraform plan
```
  The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.
4. Apply the configuration changes:
```
terraform apply
```
5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.
Terraform will create all the required resources. You can check the new resources using the management console or this CLI command:
```
yc serverless trigger list
```

To create a trigger for Container Registry, use the create REST API method for the Trigger resource or the TriggerService/Create gRPC API call.

Checking the result

Check that the trigger operates correctly. Do it by viewing function logs that present information on invocations.

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