Unable to run abctl install successfully - ImagePullBackOff error loop #72409
Description
What happened?
Running abctl local install --host domain.org on a fresh installed Debian 13 with docker, I get this ImagePullBackOff error loop :
INFO Using Kubernetes provider:
Provider: kind
Kubeconfig: /root/.airbyte/abctl/abctl.kubeconfig
Context: kind-airbyte-abctl
SUCCESS Found Docker installation: version 29.2.0
INFO No existing cluster found, cluster 'airbyte-abctl' will be created
SUCCESS Port 8000 appears to be available
SUCCESS Cluster 'airbyte-abctl' created
INFO Patching image airbyte/db:1.7.0-17
INFO Pulling image airbyte/async-profiler:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/connector-builder-server:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/connector-sidecar:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/container-orchestrator:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/cron:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/db:1.7.0-17
INFO Pulling image airbyte/server:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/utils:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/worker:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/workload-api-server:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/workload-init-container:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/workload-launcher:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image temporalio/auto-setup:1.27.2
INFO Namespace 'airbyte-abctl' created
INFO Persistent volume 'airbyte-local-pv' created
INFO Persistent volume claim 'airbyte-storage-pvc' created
INFO Persistent volume 'airbyte-volume-db' created
INFO Persistent volume claim 'airbyte-volume-db-airbyte-db-0' created
INFO Starting Helm Chart installation of 'airbyte/airbyte' (version: 2.0.19)
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/db:1.7.0-17"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/db:1.7.0-17"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/db:1.7.0-17"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/db:1.7.0-17"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/db:1.7.0-17"
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1"
WARNING Encountered an issue deploying Airbyte:
Pod: airbyte-abctl-bootloader.188ee82b6f43c76a
Reason: Failed
Message: Error: ImagePullBackOff
Count: 6
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1"
WARNING Encountered an issue deploying Airbyte:
Pod: airbyte-abctl-bootloader.188ee82b6f43c76a
Reason: Failed
Message: Error: ImagePullBackOff
Count: 7
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/db:1.7.0-17"
WARNING Encountered an issue deploying Airbyte:
Pod: airbyte-db-0.188ee830199800bc
Reason: Failed
Message: Error: ImagePullBackOff
Count: 6
WARNING Back-off pulling image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1"
WARNING Encountered an issue deploying Airbyte:
Pod: airbyte-abctl-bootloader.188ee82b6f43c76a
Reason: Failed
Message: Error: ImagePullBackOff
Count: 8
...What did you expect to happen?
Successfull install.
Abctl Version
Details
$ abctl version
version: v0.30.3Docker Version
Details
$ docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 29.2.0
API version: 1.53
Go version: go1.25.6
Git commit: 0b9d198
Built: Mon Jan 26 19:26:42 2026
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Context: default
Server: Docker Engine - Community
Engine:
Version: 29.2.0
API version: 1.53 (minimum version 1.44)
Go version: go1.25.6
Git commit: 9c62384
Built: Mon Jan 26 19:26:42 2026
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: v2.2.1
GitCommit: dea7da592f5d1d2b7755e3a161be07f43fad8f75
runc:
Version: 1.3.4
GitCommit: v1.3.4-0-gd6d73eb8
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0OS Version
Details
# On Linux:
$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="13"
VERSION="13 (trixie)"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.3
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
# On Mac:
$ uname -a
# paste output here