= Hacking contaminate

This document contains a loose collection of notes on how to hack Contaminate.


== Example Responses

=== Manifests API

[[manifest-list]]
==== Manifest List

This is an example manifest list which was pulled from the registry for
`library/alpine:latest`. Since the image is a multi-platform image, the
manifest list was returned.

In order to fetch the manifests for a single architecture, the same manifests
API endpoint would then be hit, except the last argument of the URL would be
the specific architecture's manifest digest rather than a tag or reference.

[source, json]
----
{
  "manifests": [
    {
      "digest": "sha256:acd3ca9941a85e8ed16515bfc5328e4e2f8c128caa72959a58a127b7801ee01f",
      "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
      "platform": {
        "architecture": "amd64",
        "os": "linux"
      },
      "size": 528
    },
    {
      "digest": "sha256:0489474da8ea22426ece86ace6c1c0026ab2fd3cdfbbd62b7e94650266c37d9a",
      "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
      "platform": {
        "architecture": "arm",
        "os": "linux",
        "variant": "v6"
      },
      "size": 528
    },
    {
      "digest": "sha256:1316a4e4b2361242457f4136cc409c38e8a48ffda76e4e1be31896006e5fc4a2",
      "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
      "platform": {
        "architecture": "arm",
        "os": "linux",
        "variant": "v7"
      },
      "size": 528
    },
    {
      "digest": "sha256:db7f3dcef3d586f7dd123f107c93d7911515a5991c4b9e51fa2a43e46335a43e",
      "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
      "platform": {
        "architecture": "arm64",
        "os": "linux",
        "variant": "v8"
      },
      "size": 528
    },
    {
      "digest": "sha256:499416c8a5bcb311d75e12fb4667886e32b43aaf11003be2a334cbe265e81ce4",
      "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
      "platform": {
        "architecture": "386",
        "os": "linux"
      },
      "size": 528
    },
    {
      "digest": "sha256:5abbfe2915ad8c466bf6c9f33d03622cde0298c36cd88f55d16a3aa3d9c2c35e",
      "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
      "platform": {
        "architecture": "ppc64le",
        "os": "linux"
      },
      "size": 528
    },
    {
      "digest": "sha256:43955d6857268cc948ae9b370b221091057de83c4962da0826f9a2bdc9bd6b44",
      "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
      "platform": {
        "architecture": "s390x",
        "os": "linux"
      },
      "size": 528
    }
  ],
  "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json",
  "schemaVersion": 2
}
----


[[manifest]]
==== Manifest

The link:https://docs.docker.com/registry/spec/manifest-v2-2/[Manifest v2,
schema 2] is returned when the manifests API is hit with a manifest digest, or
if the image has only one architecture.

The example below is the `amd64` manifest from the <<manifest-list>> above.

[source,json]
----
{
  "schemaVersion": 2,
  "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
  "config": {
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.container.image.v1+json",
    "size": 1512,
    "digest": "sha256:961769676411f082461f9ef46626dd7a2d1e2b2a38e6a44364bcbecf51e66dd4"
  },
  "layers": [
    {
      "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.image.rootfs.diff.tar.gzip",
      "size": 2789669,
      "digest": "sha256:9d48c3bd43c520dc2784e868a780e976b207cbf493eaff8c6596eb871cbd9609"
    }
  ]
}
----

=== Image Configuration

The image configuration is just a blob which can be fetched from the
link:https://docs.docker.com/registry/spec/api/#pulling-a-layer[blob API]. This
is a critical part of the pulling of an image and is responsible for describing
what the image should actually do to the daemon.

There is a tight coupling between the <<manifest>> and the image configuration,
since the manifest must refer to the computed "digest" (e.g. sha256 checksum)
of the image configuration. There is also a coupling between the layers listed
in the <<manifest>> and the image configuration which contains the `rootfs`
property. This property has a `diff_ids` sub-property which is an array of all
the layers. Except those layers are not referred to by a digest of the
`layer.tar.gz`, instead the values of `diff_ids` must be digests of the
`layer.tar` (note: not gzipped).

This is explained a bit further in link:https://medium.com/@saschagrunert/demystifying-containers-part-iii-container-images-244865de6fef[this blog post].


The example below is from the `hello-world` image.

[source,json]
----
{
  "architecture": "amd64",
  "config": {
    "Hostname": "",
    "Domainname": "",
    "User": "",
    "AttachStdin": false,
    "AttachStdout": false,
    "AttachStderr": false,
    "Tty": false,
    "OpenStdin": false,
    "StdinOnce": false,
    "Env": [
      "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
    ],
    "Cmd": [
      "/hello"
    ],
    "ArgsEscaped": true,
    "Image": "sha256:a6d1aaad8ca65655449a26146699fe9d61240071f6992975be7e720f1cd42440",
    "Volumes": null,
    "WorkingDir": "",
    "Entrypoint": null,
    "OnBuild": null,
    "Labels": null
  },
  "container": "8e2caa5a514bb6d8b4f2a2553e9067498d261a0fd83a96aeaaf303943dff6ff9",
  "container_config": {
    "Hostname": "8e2caa5a514b",
    "Domainname": "",
    "User": "",
    "AttachStdin": false,
    "AttachStdout": false,
    "AttachStderr": false,
    "Tty": false,
    "OpenStdin": false,
    "StdinOnce": false,
    "Env": [
      "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
    ],
    "Cmd": [
      "/bin/sh",
      "-c",
      "#(nop) ",
      "CMD [\"/hello\"]"
    ],
    "ArgsEscaped": true,
    "Image": "sha256:a6d1aaad8ca65655449a26146699fe9d61240071f6992975be7e720f1cd42440",
    "Volumes": null,
    "WorkingDir": "",
    "Entrypoint": null,
    "OnBuild": null,
    "Labels": {}
  },
  "created": "2019-01-01T01:29:27.650294696Z",
  "docker_version": "18.06.1-ce",
  "history": [
    {
      "created": "2019-01-01T01:29:27.416803627Z",
      "created_by": "/bin/sh -c #(nop) COPY file:f77490f70ce51da25bd21bfc30cb5e1a24b2b65eb37d4af0c327ddc24f0986a6 in / "
    },
    {
      "created": "2019-01-01T01:29:27.650294696Z",
      "created_by": "/bin/sh -c #(nop)  CMD [\"/hello\"]",
      "empty_layer": true
    }
  ],
  "os": "linux",
  "rootfs": {
    "type": "layers",
    "diff_ids": [
      "sha256:af0b15c8625bb1938f1d7b17081031f649fd14e6b233688eea3c5483994a66a3"
    ]
  }
}
----
