Are these images hosted anywhere?

[irl-segfault]

Hi all,

I'd like to docker run the default Ubuntu image used in Github Actions, but I don't see a mention of where that's hosted, or instructions for running. I do see instructions for building, but would prefer to just docker run $X. Thanks in advance.

[erik-bershel]

Hey @irl-segfault!
We don't have our images as docker images.

[MichaelBelousov]

related question, are there any scripts to provision a VM from the image descriptions?
I have an obscure failure occurring only in github windows server runners, and it would be great to be able to reproduce that on my own hardware to be able to inspect it better.

[erik-bershel]

We provide a script that allows you to prepare a virtual machine using Packer. You can modify it for your specific use case or run necessary scripts manually. Readme: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/docs/create-image-and-azure-resources.md

[romanr]

What about macOs? That document is only about Linux or Windows.

[pkit]

@romanr MacOS is done on Anka Cloud. Not really useful.

[dlmiles]

Can we access the container registry from inside a github-action runner, download a copy of itself and upload it to somewhere else on the internet ?

[pkit]

No, as it's a VM image. And it's 51GB compressed.

[jyling]

Where can i download the VM image ?

[pkit]

Nowhere, you can only build it yourself. Like I did.

[jyling]

Ah, i see, thanks

[samus-aran]

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