grafana/UPGRADING_DEPENDENCIES.md
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# Guide to upgrading dependencies
Upgrading Go or Node.js requires making changes in many different files. See below for a list and explanation for each.
## Go
- Drone
- `grafana/build-container`
- Appveyor
- Dockerfile
## Node.js
- Drone
- `grafana/build-container`
- Appveyor
- Dockerfile
## Go dependencies
The Grafana project uses [Go modules](https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Modules__module_versions__and_more) to manage dependencies on external packages. This requires a working Go environment with version 1.11 or greater installed.
To add or update a new dependency, use the `go get` command:
```bash
go get example.com/some/module/pkg
# Pick a specific version.
go get example.com/some/module/pkg@vX.Y.Z
```
Tidy up the `go.mod` and `go.sum` files:
```bash
go mod tidy
```
You have to commit the changes to `go.mod` and `go.sum` before submitting the pull request.
To understand what the actual dependencies of `grafana-server` are, one could run it with `-vv` flag. This might produce an output, different from `go.mod` contents and `-vv` option is the source of truth here. It lists the modules _compiled_ into the executable, while `go.mod` lists also test and weak transitive dependencies (modules, used in some package, which is not in use by itself). If you are interested in reporting a vulnerability in a dependency module - please consult `-vv` output, maybe the "dependency" is not a dependency as such.
### Upgrading dependencies
If you need to upgrade a direct or indirect dependency, you can do it like so, $MODULE being the dependency in question: `go get -u $MODULE`. The corresponding entry in go.mod should then have the version you specified; if it's an indirect dependency, the entry should have the `// indirect` comment. Follow this by executing `go mod tidy`, to ensure that go.mod and go.sum are up to date. If the indirect dependency turns out to not be used (transitively) by any of our packages, `go mod tidy` will actually strip it from go.mod. In that case, you can just ignore it since it isn't used in the end.
## Node.js dependencies
Updated using `yarn`.
- `package.json`
## Where to make changes
### Drone
Our CI builds run on Drone.
#### Files
- `.circleci/config.yml`.
#### Dependencies
- nodejs
- golang
- grafana/build-container (our custom docker build container)
### grafana/build-container
The main build steps (in Drone) happen using a custom Docker image that comes pre-baked with some of the necessary dependencies.
Link: [grafana/build-container](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/tree/main/scripts/build/ci-build)
#### Dependencies
- fpm
- nodejs
- golang
- crosscompiling (several compilers)
### Appveyor
Main and release builds trigger test runs on Appveyors build environment so that tests will run on Windows.
#### Files:
- `appveyor.yml`
#### Dependencies
- nodejs
- golang
### Dockerfile
There is a Docker build for Grafana in the root of the project that allows anyone to build Grafana just using Docker.
#### Files
- `Dockerfile`
#### Dependencies
- nodejs
- golang
### Local developer environments
Please send out a notice in the grafana-dev slack channel when updating Go or Node.js to make it easier for everyone to update their local developer environments.