Using Remote Container Builder
The Remote Container Builder enables you to build container images using blazing-fast, remote build compute instances managed by Garden and to share build caches with your team.
Our free-tier includes a certain amount of build minutes and layer caching per month and you get more by switching to our team or enterprise tiers. You can learn more about the different tiers here.
If you run out of build minutes, Garden will simply fallback to local builds without any disruption.
Enabling Remote Container Builder
Step 1 — Log in to Garden Cloud
You need to be logged into Garden Cloud to use the remote container builder:
If this is your first time logging in, you'll be asked to sign up.
Step 2 — Configure the container provider
container providerTo enable the Remote Container Builder, add the following to your project level configuration under the provider field:
Afterwards your project config should look something like this:
You can also enable the Remote Container Builder in specific environments like so:
Step 3 — Give it a spin (optional)
If you a already have a Garden project with container Build actions, simply run:
...or any other command that triggers a build.
If you're using the kubernetes provider, the image will be pushed to the configured deploymentRegistry.
You can then check out the results in the new Builds UI.
Next steps
If you haven't already, check out our docs on building containers to learn how to add container Build actions to your project that can be built by the Remote Container Builder and used by other actions, e.g. to:
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