release-loki-build-image.md

Releasing loki-build-image

The loki-build-image is the Docker image used to run tests and build Loki binaries in CI.

How To Perform a Release

1. Update BUILD_IMAGE_VERSION in the Makefile
2. Update the image version in all the other places it exists
   1. Dockerfiles in cmd directory
   2. .circlie/config.yml
3. Run make drone to rebuild the drone yml file with the new image version (the image version in the Makefile is used)
4. Commit your changes (else you will get a WIP tag)
5. Run make build-image-push