Enable RTI Connext on RHEL 8 (#594)

It seems that the binaries supplied by RTI are intended to be somewhat portable among Linux platforms, and there is enough similarity to utilize Connext on RHEL 8 in the same way we've used it in Ubuntu since Bionic. This cleanup of the RHEL RMW configuration values has the additional benefit of adding rmw_fastrtps_dynamic_cpp to the packaging job, which aligns it better with the Ubuntu archives. Signed-off-by: Scott K Logan <[email protected]>
ros2 · Sep 29, 2021 · bc84b0a · bc84b0a
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diff --git a/create_jenkins_job.py b/create_jenkins_job.py
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ def main(argv=None):
     os_config_overrides = {
         'linux-rhel': {
             'mixed_overlay_pkgs': '',
-            'ignore_rmw_default': data['ignore_rmw_default'] | {'rmw_connext_cpp', 'rmw_connextdds'},
             'use_connext_debs_default': 'false',
         },
     }

diff --git a/linux_docker_resources/Dockerfile-RHEL b/linux_docker_resources/Dockerfile-RHEL
@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ RUN dnf install \
     uncrustify \
     --refresh -y
 
+# Install dependencies of Connext and its installer
+RUN dnf install \
+    libnsl2-devel \
+    python3-pexpect \
+    --refresh -y
+
+# Get and install the RTI web binaries.
+RUN cd /tmp && curl --silent https://s3.amazonaws.com/RTI/Bundles/5.3.1/Evaluation/rti_connext_dds_secure-5.3.1-eval-x64Linux3gcc5.4.0.tar.gz | tar -xz
+RUN cd /tmp && tar -xvf /tmp/openssl-1.0.2n-target-x64Linux3gcc5.4.0.tar.gz
+ADD rti_web_binaries_install_script.py /tmp/rti_web_binaries_install_script.py
+
+# Add the RTI license file.
+ADD rticonnextdds-license/rti_license.dat /tmp/rti_license.dat
+
 # automatic invalidation once every day.
 RUN echo "@today_str"
 RUN dnf update --refresh -y