first attempt at variant node based build container.

.gitignore

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ flycheck_*.el
 # ---> JetBrains
 # Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
 # Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
-
+.idea
 # User-specific stuff
 .idea/**/workspace.xml
 .idea/**/tasks.xml

Jenkinsfile

@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ pipeline {
                     }
                 }
 
+                script{
+                    //including withRegistry block for now... currently not authenticating or pushing to git.vdb.to
+                    docker.withRegistry('https://git.vdb.to'){
+                        echo 'Building foundation base node 16 image...'
+                        def foundation_image = docker.build("cerc-io/foundation_node16:jenkinscicd", "--build-arg VARIANT=16 node_base/")
+                        echo 'built foundation image'
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }

node_base/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+
+# Originally from: https://github.com/devcontainers/images/blob/main/src/javascript-node/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+# [Choice] Node.js version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 18, 16, 14, 18-bullseye, 16-bullseye, 14-bullseye, 18-buster, 16-buster, 14-buster
+ARG VARIANT=16-bullseye
+FROM node:${VARIANT}
+
+ARG USERNAME=node
+ARG NPM_GLOBAL=/usr/local/share/npm-global
+
+# Add NPM global to PATH.
+ENV PATH=${NPM_GLOBAL}/bin:${PATH}
+
+RUN \
+    # Configure global npm install location, use group to adapt to UID/GID changes
+    if ! cat /etc/group | grep -e "^npm:" > /dev/null 2>&1; then groupadd -r npm; fi \
+    && usermod -a -G npm ${USERNAME} \
+    && umask 0002 \
+    && mkdir -p ${NPM_GLOBAL} \
+    && touch /usr/local/etc/npmrc \
+    && chown ${USERNAME}:npm ${NPM_GLOBAL} /usr/local/etc/npmrc \
+    && chmod g+s ${NPM_GLOBAL} \
+    && npm config -g set prefix ${NPM_GLOBAL} \
+    && su ${USERNAME} -c "npm config -g set prefix ${NPM_GLOBAL}" \
+    # Install eslint
+    && su ${USERNAME} -c "umask 0002 && npm install -g eslint" \
+    && npm cache clean --force > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
+# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install an additional version of node using nvm
+# ARG EXTRA_NODE_VERSION=10
+# RUN su node -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install ${EXTRA_NODE_VERSION}"
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install more global node modules
+# RUN su node -c "npm install -g <your-package-list-here>"
+
+COPY build-npm-package.sh .
+
+COPY entrypoint.sh .
+ENTRYPOINT ["./entrypoint.sh"]
+# Placeholder CMD : generally this will be overridden at run time like :
+# docker run -it -v /home/builder/cerc/laconic-sdk:/workspace cerc/builder-js sh -c 'cd /workspace && yarn && yarn build'
+CMD node --version