Huawei Cloud Swr Image Automation

Huawei Cloud SWR (Software Repository for Container) image automation and operations skill using hcloud CLI. Use this skill when the user wants to: (1) configure cross-region image sync (auto or manual), (2) manage SWR triggers for auto-deploy to CCE/CCI, (3) query available sync target regions, (4) check sync job status, (5) create/update/delete trigger configurations. Trigger: user mentions "SWR automation", "SWR 自动化", "镜像同步", "SWR sync", "跨区域同步", "cross-region sync", "触发器", "SWR trigger", "自动部署", "auto deploy", "镜像复制", "image replication", "SWR 触发器"

Overview

This skill provides image automation capabilities for Huawei Cloud SWR (Software Repository for Container) using the hcloud CLI, including cross-region image sync and trigger-based auto-deployment.

Architecture: hcloud CLI → SWR Service API → SyncRepo/Trigger/SyncJob/SyncRegion resources

Related Skills:

• huawei-cloud-swr-image-management - Image lifecycle management (namespaces, repos, tags, auth, quotas)

• huawei-cloud-swr-image-governance - Image governance (permissions, retention, sharing, tags, immutable rules)

• huawei-cloud-swr-enterprise-instance - Enterprise instance management

• Configure auto-sync to replicate images across regions on push

• Manually sync specific image tags to target regions

• List available sync target regions

• Check sync job execution status

• Create and manage triggers for auto-deploy to CCE/CCI workloads

• Enable/disable triggers and update trigger configurations

Typical Use Cases:

• "Set up auto-sync for my image repository to cn-east-3"
• "Manually sync image tags v1.0 and v2.0 to another region"
• "List available regions for image sync"
• "Check the status of my image sync job"
• "Create a trigger to auto-update my CCE deployment when a new image is pushed"
• "List all triggers for a repository"
• "Disable a trigger temporarily"
• "Delete an old trigger configuration"
• "Configure image replication across multiple regions"

Prerequisites

1. hcloud CLI Requirements (MANDATORY)

• hcloud CLI installed (version >= 7.2.2)
• Run hcloud version to verify installation
• First-time usage: printf "y\n" | hcloud version to accept privacy statement

2. Credential Configuration

• Valid Huawei Cloud credentials (AK/SK mode)
• Security Rules:
  • 🚫 Never expose AK/SK values in code, conversation, or commands
  • 🚫 Never use echo $HUAWEI_CLOUD_AK or echo $HUAWEI_CLOUD_SK to check credentials
  • ✅ Use environment variables: HUAWEI_CLOUD_AK, HUAWEI_CLOUD_SK, HUAWEI_CLOUD_REGION
  • ✅ Prefer IAM users over root account for cloud operations
  • ✅ Enable MFA for sensitive operations

Configuration Method (Environment Variables Only):

export HUAWEI_CLOUD_AK=<your-ak>
export HUAWEI_CLOUD_SK=<your-sk>
export HUAWEI_CLOUD_REGION=cn-north-4

⚠️ Important Security Notes:

• Never commit credentials to version control
• Use IAM users with minimal required permissions
• Enable MFA for sensitive operations
• Rotate AK/SK regularly

3. IAM Permission Requirements

API Action	Permission	Purpose
swr:sync:create	Create sync repo	Configure cross-region image sync
swr:sync:delete	Delete sync repo	Remove sync configuration
swr:sync:list	List sync repos	Query auto-sync configurations
swr:syncmanual:create	Manual sync	Trigger manual image sync
swr:syncregion:list	List sync regions	Query available sync target regions
swr:syncjob:get	Get sync job status	Check sync execution status
swr:trigger:create	Create trigger	Set up auto-deploy trigger
swr:trigger:list	List triggers	Query trigger configurations
swr:trigger:get	Get trigger	View specific trigger details
swr:trigger:update	Update trigger	Modify trigger configuration
swr:trigger:delete	Delete trigger	Remove trigger configuration

See IAM Permission Policies for complete policy JSON.

Permission Failure Handling:

1. When any command fails due to permission errors, read references/iam-policies.md
2. Display the required permission list and policy JSON to the user
3. Guide the user to create a custom policy in the IAM console and grant authorization
4. Pause execution and wait for user confirmation that permissions have been granted

Core Commands

1. Auto Sync (Cross-region Image Replication)

See Task: Image Sync for detailed workflows.

# List available sync target regions
hcloud SWR ListSyncRegions --cli-region=cn-north-4

# Configure auto-sync for a repository to target region
hcloud SWR CreateImageSyncRepo --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --remoteRegionId=cn-east-3 --remoteNamespace=group-dev --override=false --syncAuto=true --cli-region=cn-north-4

# List auto-sync configurations for a repository
hcloud SWR ListImageAutoSyncReposDetails --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --cli-region=cn-north-4

# Delete auto-sync configuration
hcloud SWR DeleteImageSyncRepo --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --remoteRegionId=cn-east-3 --remoteNamespace=group-dev --cli-region=cn-north-4

Auto Sync Behavior: When syncAuto=true, every new image push to the source repository automatically triggers a sync to the target region. When syncAuto=false, sync only occurs on manual trigger.

2. Manual Sync

# Manually sync specific image tags to target region
hcloud SWR CreateManualImageSyncRepo --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --remoteRegionId=cn-east-3 --remoteNamespace=group-dev --imageTag.1=v1.0 --imageTag.2=v2.0 --override=false --cli-region=cn-north-4

⚠️ Important: --imageTag uses indexed array format, NOT plain value format:

• ✅ CORRECT: --imageTag.1=v1.0 --imageTag.2=v2.0
• ❌ WRONG: --imageTag=v1.0 (missing index)
• ❌ WRONG: --imageTag=v1.0,v2.0 (comma-separated not supported)

3. Sync Regions

# List all regions available as sync targets
hcloud SWR ListSyncRegions --cli-region=cn-north-4

Response Format (verified against actual API):

[
  {
    "regionID": "cn-north-4"
  }

Returns all regions where you can sync images. Use the regionID field value as the --remoteRegionId parameter.

4. Sync Job Status

# Check sync job status
hcloud SWR ShowSyncJob --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --cli-region=cn-north-4

Response format to be verified. Use --help for parameter details.

5. Trigger Management (Auto-deploy to CCE/CCI)

See Task: Trigger Management for detailed workflows.

# Create a trigger for auto-deploy to CCE
hcloud SWR CreateTrigger --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --name=deploy-trigger --trigger_type=all --condition=".*" --action=update --app_type=deployments --application=my-deployment --cluster_ns=default --enable=true --trigger_mode=cce --cluster_id=<cluster-id> --cluster_name=<cluster-name> --cli-region=cn-north-4

# List all triggers for a repository
hcloud SWR ListTriggersDetails --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --cli-region=cn-north-4

# Show trigger details
hcloud SWR ShowTrigger --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --trigger=deploy-trigger --cli-region=cn-north-4

# Update a trigger (enable/disable or modify configuration)
hcloud SWR UpdateTrigger --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --trigger=deploy-trigger --enable=false --cli-region=cn-north-4

# Delete a trigger
hcloud SWR DeleteTrigger --namespace=group-dev --repository=my-app --trigger=deploy-trigger --cli-region=cn-north-4

Trigger Types:

• all: Trigger on any image push (condition=".*")
• tag: Trigger on specific tag push (condition=tag-name)
• regular: Trigger on tag matching regex (condition=regex-pattern)

Trigger Modes:

• cce: Deploy to CCE (Cloud Container Engine) cluster — requires --cluster_id
• cci: Deploy to CCI (Cloud Container Instance) — no cluster ID needed

Parameter Reference

Common Parameters

Parameter	Required/Optional	Description	Default
--cli-region	Required	Huawei Cloud region ID	Config value or HUAWEI_CLOUD_REGION
--namespace	Context-dependent	SWR namespace (organization)	N/A
--repository	Context-dependent	Image repository name	N/A

Auto Sync Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description	Constraints
--namespace	Yes	Source namespace	Existing namespace name
--repository	Yes	Source repository	Existing repository name
--remoteRegionId	Yes	Target region ID	Must be from ListSyncRegions result
--remoteNamespace	Yes	Target namespace	Namespace name in target region
--override	No	Overwrite existing images	true or false (default false)
--syncAuto	No	Auto sync on push	true or false (default false)

Manual Sync Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description	Constraints
--namespace	Yes	Source namespace	Existing namespace name
--repository	Yes	Source repository	Existing repository name
--remoteRegionId	Yes	Target region ID	Must be from ListSyncRegions result
--remoteNamespace	Yes	Target namespace	Namespace name in target region
--imageTag.[N]	Yes	Tag list (indexed array)	--imageTag.1=v1.0 --imageTag.2=v2.0
--override	No	Overwrite existing images	true or false (default false)

Trigger Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description	Constraints
--namespace	Yes	SWR namespace	Existing namespace name
--repository	Yes	Image repository	Existing repository name
--name	Yes	Trigger name	Unique within repository
--trigger_type	Yes	Trigger type	all, tag, regular
--condition	Yes	Match condition	.* for all, tag name for tag, regex for regular
--action	Yes	Trigger action	update
--app_type	Yes	Application type	deployments or statefulsets
--application	Yes	CCE/CCI application name	Existing deployment name
--cluster_ns	Yes	Application namespace	Kubernetes namespace (e.g., default)
--enable	Yes	Enable trigger	true or false
--trigger_mode	No	Deploy target	cce (default) or cci
--cluster_id	CCE only	CCE cluster ID	Required for cce mode, empty for cci
--cluster_name	No	CCE cluster name	Optional cluster name
--container	No	Target container	Specific container name (default: all)

Output Format

ListSyncRegions (verified)

Response is a flat JSON array of region objects:

[
  {
    "regionID": "cn-north-4",
    "region_name": "north-1"
  }
]

Note: Returns all available sync target regions. Use region_id as --remoteRegionId.

ListImageAutoSyncReposDetails

Response format to be verified — returns list of sync repo configurations when they exist. Returns empty when no auto sync configured.

ListTriggersDetails

Response format to be verified — returns list of trigger objects when they exist. Returns empty when no triggers configured.

ShowTrigger

Response format to be verified. Use --namespace, --repository, --trigger (trigger name) as parameters.

ShowSyncJob

Response format to be verified. Use --namespace, --repository as primary parameters.

Verification

See Verification Method for step-by-step verification.

Common Region IDs

Region Name	Region ID
North China - Beijing 4	cn-north-4
North China - Beijing 1	cn-north-1
East China - Shanghai 1	cn-east-3
East China - Shanghai 2	cn-east-2
South China - Guangzhou	cn-south-1
South China - Shenzhen	cn-south-4
Southwest China - Guiyang 1	cn-southwest-2
Asia Pacific - Bangkok	ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific - Singapore	ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific - Hong Kong	ap-southeast-3
Europe - Paris	eu-west-0

Best Practices

1. Auto-sync for production repos: Set syncAuto=true for production repositories to ensure images are automatically replicated to target regions
2. Manual sync for selective replication: Use CreateManualImageSyncRepo when you only need to sync specific tags (e.g., production releases)
3. Override caution: Only set override=true when you intentionally want to overwrite existing images in the target region
4. Trigger naming: Use descriptive trigger names (e.g., prod-deploy-trigger, staging-update-trigger)
5. Trigger condition design: Use trigger_type=regular with regex for flexible matching (e.g., v\d+\.\d+\.\d+ for semver tags)
6. Disable before delete: Disable a trigger (enable=false) before deleting to avoid unintended deployments during cleanup
7. Verify target namespace: Ensure the target namespace exists in the target region before creating sync configurations
8. Regional namespace alignment: Use identical namespace names across regions for easier cross-region management
9. Check sync regions first: Always run ListSyncRegions before creating sync configurations to verify the target region is available

Reference Documents

Document	Description
SWR Automation API Guide	hcloud SWR automation API reference
IAM Permission Policies	Required permissions and policy JSON
Verification Method	Step-by-step verification
Common Pitfalls	Troubleshooting guides
Task: Image Sync	Auto/manual sync workflows
Task: Trigger Management	Trigger workflows

Notes

• Auto-sync is persistent — once configured, it automatically triggers on every new push until deleted
• Manual sync is one-time — each CreateManualImageSyncRepo invocation syncs specified tags once
• --imageTag.[N] uses indexed array format — NOT plain value or comma-separated
• Sync target namespace must exist — create the namespace in the target region before syncing
• AK/SK must never be hardcoded — credentials should only be obtained via environment variables
• hcloud CLI is the only supported method — all operations use hcloud SWR <Operation> format
• Trigger requires CCE/CCI cluster — triggers only work with existing CCE clusters or CCI instances
• Response formats pending verification — ListImageAutoSyncReposDetails, ListTriggersDetails, ShowTrigger, ShowSyncJob response formats need live verification

Common Pitfalls

See Common Pitfalls & Solutions for detailed troubleshooting guides.

Quick Reference:

Pitfall	Symptom	Quick Fix
--imageTag wrong format	Manual sync fails	Use indexed: --imageTag.1=v1.0
Target namespace missing	Sync creation fails	Create namespace in target region first
Invalid remoteRegionId	Sync creation fails	Check with ListSyncRegions
CCE cluster not found	Trigger creation fails	Verify cluster_id with CCE console
Trigger already exists	409 Conflict	Use ShowTrigger to check first
Auto-sync unwanted	Images sync unexpectedly	Set syncAuto=false or delete sync config