docker / docker/buildx

Support multi node builds for OCI

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Description

Description

Attempting to perform a multiarch build using remote builders and load the resulting image into the local image store.

e.g. docker buildx bake --builder remote --set '*.platform=linux/arm64,linux/amd64' --load

The local docker daemon is using the experimental containerd-snapshotter feature.

The remote builder has two nodes, one for each platform:

remote-buildkit    remote
  amd64            tcp://arm64.tld:1234 running  v0.12.0              linux/amd64*, linux/amd64/v2, linux/amd64/v3, linux/amd64/v4, linux/386
  arm64            tcp://amd64.tld:1234 running  v0.12.0              linux/arm64*

Those builders are running buildkitd (No special configuration)

Trying to run the above command hits https://github.com/docker/buildx/blob/master/build/build.go#L839-L840 however I'm not aware of the historical context why this isn't supported

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Research direction

Start in build/build.go around lines 839-840 and reproduce the documented docker buildx bake command with the two-node remote builder and containerd-snapshotter enabled. Trace why multi-platform output with --load is rejected; done means the resulting multi-platform image can be loaded into the local image store without breaking existing builder behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, go
Domain
build-system, cli, devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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