[Bug]: OpenRAG installation on fails on Linux VMs via TUI due to use of unqualified prefix in OpenRAG containers

[mpawlow]

OpenRAG Version

0.3.2

Deployment Method

uv add (installed in project)

Operating System

Windows 11 + WSL + Ubuntu 24.04 + Podman

Python Version

Python 3.13.12

Affected Area

TUI (Terminal User Interface)

Bug Description

• OpenRAG installation fails via TUI due to use of unqualified prefix in OpenRAG containers
• Problem: Installation in TUI fails with error:

✗ Error: short-name "langflowai/openrag-frontend:0.3.2" did not resolve to an alias and no unqualified-search registries are defined in "/etc/containers/registries.conf"

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install OpenRAG via OpenRAG TUI

uv run openrag --tui

• BUG: Operation failed due to unqualified container

Expected Behavior

• Installation should succeed

Actual Behavior

• Installation fails

Relevant Logs

• N/A

Screenshots

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Additional Context

Work-around

• Register unqualified prefix for installing OpenRAG containers
• Edit /etc/containers/registries.conf and add:

sudo vi /etc/containers/registries.conf

unqualified-search-registries = ["docker.io"]

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