Public Docker Image Mirror for External Contributors

[yashambre-123]

I am an external developer interested in exploring the AirLab project for testing and research. I have been following the Getting Started documentation, but I noticed that pulling pre-built images from the AirLab Docker registry (airlab-docker.andrew.cmu.edu) currently requires a CMU Andrew ID.

Problem
While I understand that building the images from source locally is an option, having access to pre-built public images would significantly lower the barrier for external users to quickly test and prototype with the stack.

Proposed Solution
Would the team consider hosting a public image mirror on a platform like GitHub Container Registry (GHCR) or Docker Hub? This would allow the community to pull stable versions of the images directly without needing internal university credentials.

Additional Context
I am very excited about the work being done here and would love to dive into the code for testing. If there is already a public mirror available or a preferred way for external users to access pre-built images that I might have missed, please let me know!

Thank you for your time and for making this project open source.

[andrewjong]

Hi, thanks for your comment! Yes in the future we will host images publicly. We're currently working on a CI/CD pipeline to auto build and push images. In the meantime, building the image locally also works. You can run airstack image-build and all the images will be built.

Thanks for trying it out! Do let us know what you think and update us about any suggestions.

[yashambre-123]

Thanks for the update, Andrew! I’ll build the images locally for now.

Looking forward to the public images—happy to share feedback as I explore.