OpenCHAMI Weekly Digest: Jan 05–Jan 12, 2026

OpenCHAMI Weekly Digest (Last 7 Days)

Highlights

  • Storage Upgrade in tutorial-2025: Proposal to replace MinIO with Versity Gateway for improved storage backend. Issue #11
  • Fixing Image Build on x86 Nodes: Bug reported where image-build v0.1.2 fails on x86 architecture, impacting build consistency. Issue #50
  • Community Standards Advancing: A guide for coding standards and linters was completed to enhance code quality and consistency. Issue #11 (closed)
  • Better Repository Governance: Proposal underway to add maintainers and CODEOWNERS files across repositories for clearer responsibility. Issue #21
  • Ochami CLI Modularization: Refactoring commands and CLI library into separate packages to improve maintainability. PR #66
  • Announcing OpenCHAMI Developer Summit 2026: Details added for the upcoming community event at UCL. PR #65
  • Fabrica Improvements: Added kubebuilder-style versioning support and updated gitignore to include YAML files. PR #27, PR #29
  • Enhanced CoreDNS Plugin: New ‘header’ plugin being added to improve DNS middleware capabilities. PR #42
  • More Flexible Image-Build Configs: Introducing ability to add custom DNF arguments via config or command line for greater build customization. PR #51
  • Community Architecture Decision Records (ADRs): Added “Out Of Scope” ADR to clarify project boundaries. PR #31

New & Notable PRs

  • Refactor CLI tooling in ochami for better package maintainability: #66
  • Publish Developer Summit 2026 details on openchami.org site: #65
  • Fabrica: Support kubebuilder style versioning: #27
  • Fabrica: Fix gitignore template to not omit YAML: #29
  • CoreDNS header plugin feature addition: #42
  • Image-builder: Allow custom DNF arguments in builds: #51

Issues to Watch

  • Storage backend transition in tutorial-2025 (Issue #11)
  • Image-builder build issues on x86 nodes (Issue #50)
  • Repository governance through maintainers and codeowners (Issue #21)

Releases

No new releases this week.

Contributor Thanks

Special thanks to contributors who moved our projects forward:

  • @alexlovelltroy
  • @synackd
  • @Kratika-P
  • @smehta99
  • @rainest
  • @yogi4

What’s Next

  • Monitor progress on the MinIO to Versity Gateway migration and evaluate performance gains.
  • Resolve image-builder build bugs and test fixes on multiple architectures.
  • Finalize repository maintainership and codeownership setup to speed collaboration.
  • Prepare detailed blog post covering Developer Summit 2026 and how to participate.
  • Explore additional CoreDNS plugin improvements and integrations.

Proposed Blog Titles

  1. “Inside OpenCHAMI’s Next-Gen Storage Migration: MinIO to Versity Gateway”
  2. “How We’re Improving Image Builder for Cross-Platform Reliability”
  3. “Community-First: Strengthening Governance with Maintainers & CODEOWNERS”
  4. “Sneak Peek: OpenCHAMI Developer Summit 2026 at UCL”
  5. “Extend Your DNS: New CoreDNS Header Plugin Explained”