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add-install-docker-ci-e2e

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Adds install command in install script, Docker build stage in Dockerfile, and CI jobs for docker build and embodied e2e test when introducing a new model or environment in RLinf. Use when adding a new embodied model (e.g. dexbotic), new env (e.g. maniskill_libero), or new model+env combination that should be installable, dockerized, and tested in CI.

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Add Install, Docker Build, and CI for a New Model or Environment

Use this skill when adding a new model or new environment (or combination) to RLinf so that: (1) users can install it via requirements/install.sh, (2) a Docker image can be built for it (optional), (3) CI runs a Docker build and an end-to-end test.

1. Install script (requirements/install.sh)

  • Register model or env

    • New model: add to SUPPORTED_MODELS (e.g. "dexbotic").
    • New environment: add to SUPPORTED_ENVS (e.g. "maniskill_libero").

  • Implement install logic

    • New model: add install_<model>_model() that switches on ENV_NAME and for each supported env: create venv, install common embodied deps, env-specific deps, and the model. Call it from the main case "$MODEL" (add a new model_name) branch that runs install_<model>_model).
    • New env only (no new model): either add a new env branch inside an existing install_*_model() or add install_<env>_env() and call it from the relevant model installers. If the env is used by install_env_only, add a branch in install_env_only for that env.

  • Help text
    print_help shows SUPPORTED_MODELS and SUPPORTED_ENVS; no change needed if you only added to those arrays.

See reference.md for exact variable names and code patterns.

2. Dockerfile (docker/Dockerfile)

  • Base image
    If the combo needs a different base (e.g. Ubuntu 20 for ROS/Franka), add: FROM <base> AS base-image-embodied-<target>
    Otherwise reuse: FROM nvidia/cuda:12.4.1-cudnn-devel-ubuntu22.04 AS base-image-embodied-<target>.

  • Build stage
    Add a stage:

    • FROM embodied-common-image AS embodied-<target>-image
    • Single RUN for all installs: If the image installs multiple envs (multiple model+env or venvs), chain every install.sh call in one RUN with &&. Splitting installs across multiple RUN layers breaks uv’s hardlink mode (UV_LINK_MODE=hardlink), because the cache from the previous layer is not in the same layer for hardlinking. Example: RUN bash requirements/install.sh embodied --venv openvla --model openvla --env maniskill_libero && \ then bash requirements/install.sh embodied --venv openpi --model openpi --env maniskill_libero.
    • Any asset download/link in the same or a following RUN; then RUN echo "source \${UV_PATH}/<venv>/bin/activate" >> ~/.bashrc for default env.

  • Final stage
    The last stage is FROM ${BUILD_TARGET}-image AS final-image. Valid BUILD_TARGET values are those that have a matching *-image stage (e.g. reason, embodied-maniskill_libero, embodied-dexbotic-maniskill_libero). Adding a new stage makes the new target valid; no change to the final stage line.

Naming: BUILD_TARGET is typically embodied-<env> (e.g. embodied-maniskill_libero) or embodied-<env>-<model> when one image combines multiple models (e.g. behavior-openvlaoft). Match the pattern used by existing stages.

3. CI: Docker build (.github/workflows/docker-build.yml)

Add a job that builds the new image:

  • Job id: build-embodied-<target> (same <target> as in Dockerfile stage name, e.g. build-embodied-maniskill_libero).
  • Reuse the same steps as existing jobs: maximize storage, checkout, setup Docker Buildx, then build with BUILD_TARGET=embodied-<target>, NO_MIRROR=true, outputs: type=cacheonly, and a tag like rlinf:embodied-<target>.

Copy an existing build-embodied-* job and replace the target name. See reference.md.

4. CI: Embodied e2e test (.github/workflows/embodied-e2e-tests.yml)

  • Test config
    Add a YAML config under tests/e2e_tests/embodied/ (e.g. <env>_<algo>_<model>.yaml). The e2e runner is train_embodied_agent.py with --config-name <name>; the config name is the filename without .yaml.

  • Workflow job
    Add a job (e.g. embodied-<model>-<env>-test):

    • Checkout.
    • Create embodied environment: set UV_*, any required path env vars (e.g. LIBERO_PATH, GR00T_PATH), then bash requirements/install.sh embodied --model <model> --env <env>.
    • Run test: source .venv/bin/activate, set REPO_PATH, then bash tests/e2e_tests/embodied/run.sh <config_name> (or run_async.sh if the test is async). Use a reasonable timeout-minutes.
    • Clean up: rm -rf .venv, uv cache prune, and any test-specific cleanup.

Use runs-on: embodied so the job runs on a runner with GPU/datasets. See existing jobs in the file for env vars and step order.

Checklist

  • Install script: Model in SUPPORTED_MODELS and/or env in SUPPORTED_ENVS; install_* function and case "$MODEL" (or env) updated.
  • Dockerfile: base-image-embodied-<target> if needed; embodied-<target>-image stage with install.sh and default venv. If multiple envs: all install.sh calls chained in one RUN (for uv hardlink).
  • docker-build.yml: New job build-embodied-<target> with BUILD_TARGET=embodied-<target>.
  • E2e: Config YAML in tests/e2e_tests/embodied/; new job in embodied-e2e-tests.yml (install env, run run.sh <config_name>, clean up).