Unable to Pull Airbyte Images - ImagePullBackOff Error on abctl local install

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What happened?

I am trying to install Airbyte using the abctl local install command, following the official Airbyte OSS Quickstart guide, but I'm encountering an ImagePullBackOff error when attempting to pull the required Docker images.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Follow the installation steps from the Airbyte OSS Quickstart guide.
2. Run abctl local install.
3. Observe the repeated ImagePullBackOff warnings for images airbyte/bootloader:1.8.5 and airbyte/db:1.7.0-17.

• I am able to list available images using abctl images manifest:

  airbyte/connector-builder-server:1.8.5
  airbyte/cron:1.8.5
  airbyte/server:1.8.5
  airbyte/worker:1.8.5
  airbyte/workload-api-server:1.8.5
  airbyte/workload-launcher:1.8.5
  temporalio/auto-setup:1.27.2
  

I have tried reinstalling and clearing the podman cache without success. Please assist.

What did you expect to happen?

Images should be pulled successfully and the installation should proceed without the ImagePullBackOff error.

Abctl Version

$ abctl version
v0.30.1

Docker Version

$ docker version
Emulate Docker CLI using podman. Create /etc/containers/nodocker to quiet msg.
Client:        Podman Engine
Version:       5.6.2
API Version:   5.6.2
Go Version:    go1.24.7
Git Commit:    9dd5e1ed33830612bc200d7a13db00af6ab865a4
Built:         Tue Sep 30 08:00:00 2025
Build Origin:  Fedora Project
OS/Arch:       linux/amd64

OS Version

# On Linux:
NAME="Fedora Linux"
VERSION="42 (Workstation Edition)"
RELEASE_TYPE=stable
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=42
VERSION_CODENAME=""
PLATFORM_ID="platform:f42"
PRETTY_NAME="Fedora Linux 42 (Workstation Edition)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;38;2;60;110;180"
LOGO=fedora-logo-icon
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42"
DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="fedora"
HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f42/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://ask.fedoraproject.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=42
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=42
SUPPORT_END=2026-05-13
VARIANT="Workstation Edition"
VARIANT_ID=workstation

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It turns out the issue was caused by using Podman instead of Docker. I would suggest updating the error message shown during installation — instead of only displaying ImagePullBackOff, it could include a note indicating that Docker is required, which would make the cause clearer to users.