Add docker protocol support for llama-server model loading

To pull and run models via:

llama-server -d ai/smollm2:135M-Q4_K_M

Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <[email protected]>

Author: ericcurtin

common/arg.cpp

@@ -431,6 +431,16 @@ static bool common_download_file_single(const std::string & url, const std::stri
         // start the download
         LOG_INF("%s: trying to download model from %s to %s (server_etag:%s, server_last_modified:%s)...\n", __func__,
             llama_download_hide_password_in_url(url).c_str(), path.c_str(), headers.etag.c_str(), headers.last_modified.c_str());
+
+        // Write the updated JSON metadata file.
+        metadata.update({
+            {"url", url},
+            {"etag", headers.etag},
+            {"lastModified", headers.last_modified}
+        });
+        write_file(metadata_path, metadata.dump(4));
+        LOG_DBG("%s: file metadata saved: %s\n", __func__, metadata_path.c_str());
+
         bool was_perform_successful = curl_perform_with_retry(url, curl.get(), CURL_MAX_RETRY, CURL_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS, "GET");
         if (!was_perform_successful) {
             return false;
@@ -446,15 +456,6 @@ static bool common_download_file_single(const std::string & url, const std::stri
         // Causes file to be closed explicitly here before we rename it.
         outfile.reset();
 
-        // Write the updated JSON metadata file.
-        metadata.update({
-            {"url", url},
-            {"etag", headers.etag},
-            {"lastModified", headers.last_modified}
-        });
-        write_file(metadata_path, metadata.dump(4));
-        LOG_DBG("%s: file metadata saved: %s\n", __func__, metadata_path.c_str());
-
         if (rename(path_temporary.c_str(), path.c_str()) != 0) {
             LOG_ERR("%s: unable to rename file: %s to %s\n", __func__, path_temporary.c_str(), path.c_str());
             return false;
@@ -745,6 +746,97 @@ std::pair<long, std::vector<char>> common_remote_get_content(const std::string &
 
 #endif // LLAMA_USE_CURL
 
+//
+// Docker registry functions
+//
+
+static std::string common_docker_get_token(const std::string & repo) {
+    std::string url = "https://auth.docker.io/token?service=registry.docker.io&scope=repository:" + repo + ":pull";
+
+    common_remote_params params;
+    auto                 res = common_remote_get_content(url, params);
+
+    if (res.first != 200) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed to get Docker registry token, HTTP code: " + std::to_string(res.first));
+    }
+
+    std::string            response_str(res.second.begin(), res.second.end());
+    nlohmann::ordered_json response = nlohmann::ordered_json::parse(response_str);
+
+    if (!response.contains("token")) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Docker registry token response missing 'token' field");
+    }
+
+    return response["token"].get<std::string>();
+}
+
+static std::string common_docker_resolve_model(const std::string & docker) {
+    // Parse ai/smollm2:135M-Q4_K_M
+    size_t      colon_pos = docker.find(':');
+    std::string repo, tag;
+    if (colon_pos != std::string::npos) {
+        repo = docker.substr(0, colon_pos);
+        tag  = docker.substr(colon_pos + 1);
+    } else {
+        repo = docker;
+        tag  = "latest";
+    }
+
+    LOG_INF("Downloading Docker Model: %s:%s\n", repo.c_str(), tag.c_str());
+    try {
+        std::string token = common_docker_get_token(repo);  // Get authentication token
+
+        // Get manifest
+        std::string          manifest_url = "https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/" + repo + "/manifests/" + tag;
+        common_remote_params manifest_params;
+        manifest_params.headers.push_back("Authorization: Bearer " + token);
+        manifest_params.headers.push_back(
+            "Accept: application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json,application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json");
+        auto manifest_res = common_remote_get_content(manifest_url, manifest_params);
+        if (manifest_res.first != 200) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("Failed to get Docker manifest, HTTP code: " + std::to_string(manifest_res.first));
+        }
+
+        std::string            manifest_str(manifest_res.second.begin(), manifest_res.second.end());
+        nlohmann::ordered_json manifest = nlohmann::ordered_json::parse(manifest_str);
+        std::string            gguf_digest;  // Find the GGUF layer
+        if (manifest.contains("layers")) {
+            for (const auto & layer : manifest["layers"]) {
+                if (layer.contains("mediaType")) {
+                    std::string media_type = layer["mediaType"].get<std::string>();
+                    if (media_type == "application/vnd.docker.ai.gguf.v3" ||
+                        media_type.find("gguf") != std::string::npos) {
+                        gguf_digest = layer["digest"].get<std::string>();
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (gguf_digest.empty()) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("No GGUF layer found in Docker manifest");
+        }
+
+        // Prepare local filename
+        std::string model_filename = repo;
+        std::replace(model_filename.begin(), model_filename.end(), '/', '_');
+        model_filename += "_" + tag + ".gguf";
+        std::string local_path = fs_get_cache_file(model_filename);
+
+        // Download the blob using common_download_file_single with is_docker=true
+        std::string blob_url = "https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/" + repo + "/blobs/" + gguf_digest;
+        if (!common_download_file_single(blob_url, local_path, token, false)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("Failed to download Docker blob");
+        }
+
+        LOG_INF("Downloaded Docker Model to: %s\n", local_path.c_str());
+        return local_path;
+    } catch (const std::exception & e) {
+        LOG_ERR("Docker Model download failed: %s\n", e.what());
+        throw;
+    }
+}
+
 //
 // utils
 //
@@ -795,7 +887,9 @@ static handle_model_result common_params_handle_model(
     handle_model_result result;
     // handle pre-fill default model path and url based on hf_repo and hf_file
     {
-        if (!model.hf_repo.empty()) {
+        if (!model.docker_repo.empty()) {  // Handle Docker URLs by resolving them to local paths
+            model.path = common_docker_resolve_model(model.docker_repo);
+        } else if (!model.hf_repo.empty()) {
             // short-hand to avoid specifying --hf-file -> default it to --model
             if (model.hf_file.empty()) {
                 if (model.path.empty()) {
@@ -2636,6 +2730,15 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
             params.model.url = value;
         }
     ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_MODEL_URL"));
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        { "-d", "-dr", "--docker-repo" }, "<repo>/<model>[:quant]",
+        "Docker Hub model repository; quant is optional, default to latest.\n"
+        "example: ai/smollm2:135M-Q4_K_M\n"
+        "(default: unused)",
+        [](common_params & params, const std::string & value) {
+            params.model.docker_repo = value;
+        }
+    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_DOCKER"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-hf", "-hfr", "--hf-repo"}, "<user>/<model>[:quant]",
         "Hugging Face model repository; quant is optional, case-insensitive, default to Q4_K_M, or falls back to the first file in the repo if Q4_K_M doesn't exist.\n"

common/common.h

@@ -193,10 +193,11 @@ struct common_params_sampling {
 };
 
 struct common_params_model {
-    std::string path    = ""; // model local path                                           // NOLINT
-    std::string url     = ""; // model url to download                                      // NOLINT
-    std::string hf_repo = ""; // HF repo                                                    // NOLINT
-    std::string hf_file = ""; // HF file                                                    // NOLINT
+    std::string path        = ""; // model local path                                       // NOLINT
+    std::string url         = ""; // model url to download                                  // NOLINT
+    std::string hf_repo     = ""; // HF repo                                                // NOLINT
+    std::string hf_file     = ""; // HF file                                                // NOLINT
+    std::string docker_repo = ""; // Docker Model url to download                           // NOLINT
 };
 
 struct common_params_speculative {