buildkit

Astro Runtime Docker Frontend

This custom Docker BuildKit frontend (see this blog for details) adds a new custom command PYENV that can be used inside Dockerfiles to install new Python versions and virtual environments with custom dependencies.

Building

To test the custom frontend you can build it locally using make image-build from the root of the project directory. Then run docker build on a Dockerfile containing the custom syntax.

Note: If buildkit is not enabled by default you should run docker buildx build.

Using the built image

See the example sub-directory for an example setup, which contains the Airflow "magic" to do the translation. After building the custom frontend and replacing the value of AIRFLOW_CONN_SNOWFLAKE_DEFAULT:

astro dev start