Move pipeline cache to azure blob (#4726)

pipelines/fast-test.yml

-trigger:
-  branches:
-    exclude: [ l10n_master ]
+trigger: none
 
 stages:
 - stage: lint
@@ -12,7 +10,6 @@ stages:
     - template: templates/install-dependencies.yml
       parameters:
         platform: ubuntu-latest
-        useCache: ${{ eq('$(USE_CACHE)', 'true') }}
 
     - script: |
         sudo apt-get install -y pandoc
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@ stages:
     - template: templates/install-dependencies.yml
       parameters:
         platform: ubuntu-latest
-        useCache: ${{ eq('$(USE_CACHE)', 'true') }}
 
     - script: |
         # pylint requires newer typing extension. Override requirements in tensorflow
@@ -81,7 +77,6 @@ stages:
     - template: templates/install-dependencies.yml
       parameters:
         platform: ubuntu-latest
-        useCache: ${{ eq('$(USE_CACHE)', 'true') }}
 
     - script: |
         set -e
@@ -108,7 +103,6 @@ stages:
     - template: templates/install-dependencies.yml
       parameters:
         platform: ubuntu-latest
-        useCache: ${{ eq('$(USE_CACHE)', 'true') }}
 
     - script: |
         python setup.py develop
@@ -162,7 +156,6 @@ stages:
     - template: templates/install-dependencies.yml
       parameters:
         platform: ubuntu-legacy
-        useCache: ${{ eq('$(USE_CACHE)', 'true') }}
 
     - script: |
         python setup.py develop
@@ -194,7 +187,6 @@ stages:
     - template: templates/install-dependencies.yml
       parameters:
         platform: windows
-        useCache: ${{ eq('$(USE_CACHE)', 'true') }}
 
     - script: |
         python setup.py develop --no-user
@@ -222,7 +214,6 @@ stages:
     - template: templates/install-dependencies.yml
       parameters:
         platform: macos
-        useCache: ${{ eq('$(USE_CACHE)', 'true') }}
 
     - script: |
         python setup.py develop

pipelines/templates/cache-dependencies-template.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ parameters:
 - name: platform
   type: string
 
+# variables set on VSO: (for security concern)
+#   sas_token
+#
+# its value should be:
+#   sp=racw&st=2022-04-01T00:00:00Z&se=......
+#
+# how to re-generate:
+#   1. find the storage on azure portal: nni (resource group) -> nni (storage account) -> cache (container)
+#   2. settings - shared access tokens - generate sas token and url
+
 steps:
 - template: config-version.yml
   parameters:
@@ -63,12 +73,15 @@ steps:
   displayName: Install Web UI dependencies
 
 - script: |
-    python test/vso_tools/pack_dependencies.py $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+    python test/vso_tools/pack_dependencies.py dependencies.zip
   displayName: Create cache archive
 
-- task: UniversalPackages@0
-  inputs:
-    command: publish
-    vstsFeedPublish: NNIOpenSource/dependencies
-    vstsFeedPackagePublish: dependencies-${{ parameters.platform }}
-  displayName: Upload cache archive
+- script: |
+    azcopy copy dependencies.zip 'https://nni.blob.core.windows.net/cache/dependencies-${{ parameters.platform }}.zip?$(sas_token)'
+  displayName: (POSIX) Upload cache archive
+  condition: and(succeeded(), not(contains('${{ parameters.platform }}', 'windows')))
+
+- powershell: |
+    azcopy copy dependencies.zip 'https://nni.blob.core.windows.net/cache/dependencies-${{ parameters.platform }}.zip?$(sas_token)'
+  displayName: (Windows) Upload cache archive
+  condition: and(succeeded(), contains('${{ parameters.platform }}', 'windows'))

pipelines/templates/install-dependencies.yml

 parameters:
 - name: platform
   type: string
-- name: useCache
-  type: boolean
 
 steps:
 - template: config-version.yml
@@ -25,18 +23,20 @@ steps:
   displayName: (macOS) Downgrade swig
   condition: and(succeeded(), contains('${{ parameters.platform }}', 'macos'))
 
-- task: UniversalPackages@0
-  inputs:
-    vstsFeed: NNIOpenSource/dependencies
-    vstsFeedPackage: dependencies-${{ parameters.platform }}
-    vstsPackageVersion: "*"
-  displayName: Download cache
-  condition: and(succeeded(), ${{ parameters.useCache }})
-
 - script: |
-    python test/vso_tools/unpack_dependencies.py
-  displayName: Unpack cache
-  condition: and(succeeded(), ${{ parameters.useCache }})
+    set -e
+    azcopy copy 'https://nni.blob.core.windows.net/cache/dependencies-${{ parameters.platform }}.zip' dependencies.zip
+    python test/vso_tools/unpack_dependencies.py dependencies.zip
+  displayName: (POSIX) Download cache
+  condition: and(succeeded(), not(contains('${{ parameters.platform }}', 'windows')))
+  continueOnError: true
+
+- powershell: |
+    azcopy copy 'https://nni.blob.core.windows.net/cache/dependencies-${{ parameters.platform }}.zip' dependencies.zip
+    python test/vso_tools/unpack_dependencies.py dependencies.zip
+  displayName: (Windows) Download cache
+  condition: and(succeeded(), contains('${{ parameters.platform }}', 'windows'))
+  continueOnError: true
 
 - script: |
     mv dependencies/recommended_legacy.txt dependencies/recommended.txt
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ steps:
     python -m pip install -r dependencies/recommended.txt
   displayName: Install Python dependencies
 
-# FIXME: See cache-dependencies-template.yml on why it needs rebuild.
-- script: |
-    python -m pip uninstall -y ConfigSpaceNNI
-    python -m pip install --no-cache-dir ConfigSpaceNNI
-  displayName: Rebuild ConfigSpaceNNI
-  condition: and(succeeded(), not(${{ parameters.useCache }}), contains('${{ parameters.platform }}', 'ubuntu'))
-
 # TODO: Delete this after upgrading to PyTorch 1.11.
 - script: |
     python test/vso_tools/interim_patch.py

test/vso_tools/pack_dependencies.py

 """
-Create an archive in sys.argv[1], containing python-packages and node_modules.
+Create a zip archive named sys.argv[1], containing python-packages and node_modules.
 Use unpack_dependencies.py to extract the archive.
+
+Example usage:
+
+    python test/vso_tools/pack_dependencies.py dependencies.zip
 """
 
 import json
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     shutil.move('ts/nni_manager/node_modules', 'cache/nni-manager-dependencies')
     shutil.move('ts/webui/node_modules', 'cache/webui-dependencies')
 
-    archive = ZipFile('cache.zip', 'w', ZIP_DEFLATED, compresslevel=9)
+    archive = ZipFile(sys.argv[1], 'w', ZIP_DEFLATED, compresslevel=9)
     symlinks = {}
     empty_dirs = set()
     for file in sorted(cache.rglob('*')):
@@ -36,8 +40,5 @@ def main() -> None:
     archive.writestr('directories.json', json.dumps(list(empty_dirs), indent=4))
     archive.close()
 
-    assert Path(sys.argv[1]).is_dir()
-    shutil.move('cache.zip', sys.argv[1])
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

test/vso_tools/unpack_dependencies.py

 """
-Extract an archive created by pack_dependencies.py.
+Extract archive sys.argv[1] created by pack_dependencies.py.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     print('All Python paths:')
     print('\n'.join(sys.path), flush=True)
 
-    extract_all(ZipFile('cache.zip'))
+    extract_all(ZipFile(sys.argv[1]))
     empty_dirs = json.loads(Path('directories.json').read_text())
     symlinks = json.loads(Path('symlinks.json').read_text())
     for dir_ in empty_dirs: