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Porter enables you to package your application artifact, client tools, configuration and deployment logic together as an installer that you can distribute, and install with a single command.
https://porter.sh
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Run a bundle from an archive #2710

Open carolynvs opened 1 year ago

carolynvs commented 1 year ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. If someone wants to set up a new airgapped environment with Porter there is a bit of a bootstrapping catch-22 because while a bundle only requires docker and the porter cli to run, you also need a registry in the airgapped environment as well. If you have a bundle that sets up the registry, you can't use it without already having a registry...

Describe the solution you'd like Ideally the porter install command would accept an --archive flag allowing you to install directly from the archive file, without requiring the intermediate step of having a registry. Or at the very least, porter could manage setting up a temporary registry and tearing down the container when install is completed.

Describe alternatives you've considered A workaround is to create a temporary docker registry, which is used just long enough to publish your bundle from an archive and then run the bundle. After which you can tear down the registry.

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schristoff commented 1 year ago

I'm unsure about bypassing the registry bit, but I think an --archive flag that sets up the registry for you is a good call. Here's the porter install command for anyone who wants to start poking at this!