Re: [ANN] Containers to run Netdev CI tests locally

[Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>]

Hi Stanislav,

On 08/09/2026 17:56, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> On 09/03, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> TL;DR: containers are now available with all dependencies to easily
>> execute all static, unit, and functional tests in an environment closed
>> to the Netdev CI one:
>>
>> - https://github.com/orgs/linux-netdev/packages
> 
> Are these public/published? I don't see any packages when I go
> to that page in the browser.

Oops, I just noticed the small label saying they were private by
default... That should be fixed now.

> Also:
> 
> $ ./docker/selftests/run.sh --pull
> Using ghcr.io/linux-netdev/nipa-selftests:latest image
> Emulate Docker CLI using podman. Create /etc/containers/nodocker to quiet msg.

I didn't try this mode. Please tell me if I need to fix stuff.

> Trying to pull ghcr.io/linux-netdev/nipa-selftests:latest...
> Error: unable to copy from source docker://ghcr.io/linux-netdev/nipa-selftests:latest: initializing source docker://ghcr.io/linux-netdev/nipa-selftests:latest: unable to retrieve auth token: invalid username/password: unauthorized
> 
> (and it's the same 'unauthorized' on another machine with real docker
> instead of podman)
> 
> What am I missing?

My bad, it looks like when I tested, I had a valid token... Is it better
now?

Cheers,
Matt