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”