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bhatti image pull

Pull a public image from any OCI-compatible registry. The server fetches the image, flattens its layers, and writes them to an ext4 file usable as a sandbox rootfs.

Synopsis

bhatti image pull <ref> [--name <string>] [--auth <user:token>]

Description

The pull runs asynchronously on the server. The CLI returns a task ID, then polls /tasks/<id> every 2 seconds and prints progress until the task completes or fails. Press Ctrl+C to detach — the pull continues on the server. Check progress later with bhatti image list (the image appears once it's ready).

If you don't pass --name, a name is derived from the ref:

  • python:3.12 → python-3.12
  • node:22-slim → node-22-slim
  • ghcr.io/myorg/sandbox-base:latest → sandbox-base-latest

--auth enables a single-shot HTTP basic auth header (user:token). For real private registries with rotating credentials, prefer the image import flow — docker pull handles auth on your machine, then bhatti just receives the tarball.

If the same image was previously pulled with the same content digest, the server returns immediately without re-downloading.

Examples

bhatti image pull python:3.12

pulling python:3.12 as "python-3.12" (task: tsk_abc123)
  resolving manifest...
  downloading layers (45 MB / 142 MB)...
  flattening to ext4...
done

# Custom name
bhatti image pull node:22-slim --name node-22

# Detach: press Ctrl+C after seeing the task ID
bhatti image pull ubuntu:24.04
^C
Interrupted. Pull continues on server.
  Check status: bhatti image list

# Use the pulled image
bhatti create --name py --image python-3.12

Authentication

For private registries, --auth works for simple user:token schemes. If the pull fails with unauthorized / 403, the CLI prints a hint suggesting you use image import instead:

This image may require authentication.
Pull it with Docker locally, then import:
  docker pull ghcr.io/org/private:latest
  bhatti image import ghcr.io/org/private:latest

Options

| Flag | Default | Description | | ---- | ------- | ----------- | | --name <string> | derived from ref | Image name to register on the server. | | --auth <user:token> | — | HTTP basic auth credentials for the registry. |

See Global flags for --url, --token, --json, --timing, --data-dir.

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