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Transform PPS

Set the name of the Docker image that your jobs use.

Spec #

This is a top-level attribute of the pipeline spec.

{
    "pipeline": {...},
    "transform": {
        "image": string,
        "cmd": [ string ],
        "datum_batching": bool,
        "err_cmd": [ string ],
        "env": {
            string: string
        },

        "secrets": [ {
            "name": string,
            "mount_path": string
        },
        {
            "name": string,
            "env_var": string,
            "key": string
        } ],
        "image_pull_secrets": [ string ],
        "stdin": [ string ],
        "err_stdin": [ string ],
        "accept_return_code": [ int ],
        "debug": bool,
        "user": string,
        "working_dir": string,
        "dockerfile": string,
        "memory_volume": bool,
    },
    ...
}

Attributes #

AttributeDescription
cmdPasses a command to the Docker run invocation.
datum_batchingEnables you to call your user code once for a batch of datums versus calling it per each datum.
stdinPasses an array of lines to your command on stdin.
err_cmdPasses a command executed on failed datums.
err_stdinPasses an array of lines to your error command on stdin.
envEnables a key-value map of environment variables that Pachyderm injects into the container.
secretsPasses an array of secrets to embed sensitive data.
image_pull_secretsPasses an array of secrets that are mounted before the containers are created.
accept_return_codePasses an array of return codes that are considered acceptable when your Docker command exits.
debugEnables debug logging for the pipeline
userSets the user that your code runs as.
working_dirSets the directory that your command runs from.
memory_volumeSets pachyderm-worker’s emptyDir.Medium to Memory, allowing Kubernetes to mount a memory-backed volume (tmpfs).

Behavior #

  • cmd is not run inside a shell which means that wildcard globbing (*), pipes (|), and file redirects (> and >>) do not work. To specify these settings, you can set cmd to be a shell of your choice, such as sh and pass a shell script to stdin.
  • err_cmd can be used to ignore failed datums while still writing successful datums to the output repo, instead of failing the whole job when some datums fail. The transform.err_cmd command has the same limitations as transform.cmd.
  • stdin lines do not have to end in newline characters.
  • The following environment variables are automatically injected into the container:
    • PACH_JOB_ID – the ID of the current job.
    • PACH_OUTPUT_COMMIT_ID – the ID of the commit in the output repo for the current job.
    • <input>_COMMIT - the ID of the input commit. For example, if your input is the images repo, this will be images_COMMIT.
  • secrets reference Kubernetes secrets by name and specify a path to map the secrets or an environment variable (env_var) that the value should be bound to.
  • 0 is always considered a successful exit code.
  • tmpfs is cleared on node reboot and any files you write count against your container’s memory limit. This may be useful for workloads that are IO heavy or use memory caches.
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**Using a private registry? **

You can use image_pull_secrets to mount a secret that contains your registry credentials.

{
  "pipeline": {
    "name": "pipeline-a"
  },
  "description": "...",
  "transform": {
    "cmd": [ "python3", "/example.py" ],
    "image": "<private container registry>/image:1.0",
    "image_pull_secrets": [ "k8s-secret-with-creds" ]
  },
  ...
}

When to Use #

You must always use the transform attribute when making a pipeline.