default ubuntu base os (#863)

Makefile

@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ JOBS ?= $(shell python3 -c 'import multiprocessing as mp; print(mp.cpu_count())'
 
 # Image on which OVMS is compiled. If DIST_OS is not set, it's also used for a release image.
 # Currently supported BASE_OS values are: ubuntu centos clearlinux
-BASE_OS ?= centos
+BASE_OS ?= ubuntu
 
-BASE_IMAGE ?= centos:7
+BASE_IMAGE ?= ubuntu:20.04
 
 # do not change this; change versions per OS a few lines below (BASE_OS_TAG_*)!
 BASE_OS_TAG ?= latest

README.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ A few key features:
 - [Serving stateful models](docs/stateful_models.md). Serve models that operate on sequences of data and maintain state between inference requests.
 - [Binary format of the input data](binary_input.md). Input data can be sent in JPEG or PNG format to reduce traffic and offload the client applications.
 
-**Note:** OVMS has been tested on RedHat*, CentOS* and Ubuntu*. Publicly released docker images are based on CentOS and UBI.
+**Note:** OVMS has been tested on RedHat*, CentOS* and Ubuntu*. Latest publicly released docker images are based on Ubuntu and UBI.
 They are stored in:
 - [Dockerhub](https://hub.docker.com/r/openvino/model_server)
 - [RedHat Ecosystem Catalog](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/intel/openvino-model-server/607833052937385fc98515de)

docs/developer_guide.md

@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Two debugging options are available. Click on the required option :
 
 Use OpenVINO Model Server build image because it installs the necessary tools.
 
-1. Add the ENTRYPOINT line in Dockerfile.centos to :
+1. Add the ENTRYPOINT line in Dockerfile.ubuntu to :
 	```
 	ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-c", "sleep 3600; echo 'Server started on port'; sleep 100000"]
 	```

docs/docker_container.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ OpenVINO™ Model Server is a serving system for machine learning models. Op
 
 ### Hardware 
 * Required:
-    * 6th to 10th generation Intel® Core™ processors and Intel® Xeon® processors.
+    * 6th to 11th generation Intel® Core™ processors and Intel® Xeon® processors.
 * Optional:
     * Intel® Neural Compute Stick 2.
     * Intel® Iris® Pro & Intel® HD Graphics
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ as well as a release package (.tar.gz, with ovms binary and necessary libraries)
 
 *Note:* Latest images include OpenVINO 2021.4 release.
 
-*Note:* OVMS docker image could be created with ubi8-minimal base image, beside the default centos7.
-Use command `make docker_build BASE_OS=redhat`. OVMS with ubi base image doesn't support NCS and HDDL accelerators.
+*Note:* OVMS docker image could be created with ubi8-minimal base image, centos7 or the default ubuntu20.
+Use command `make docker_build BASE_OS=redhat` or `make docker_build BASE_OS=centos`. OVMS with ubi base image doesn't support NCS and HDDL accelerators.
 
 Additionally you can set version of GPU driver used by the produced image. Currently following versions are available:
 - 19.41.14441

docs/host.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Look at VPU Plugins to see if your model is supported and use [OpenVINO Model Op
 
 5. Navigate to the folder containing binary package and unpack the included tar.gz file using the command :
    ```Bash
-   cd dist/centos && tar -xzvf ovms.tar.gz
+   cd dist/ubuntu && tar -xzvf ovms.tar.gz
    ```
 
 ## Running the Serving