balena-cli docker image 404

We use the balena-cli in our CI process to balena deploy our apps.
We started using the prebuilt images to save time. It seems the image was recently either deleted from Dockerhub or made private: http://dockerhub.com/r/balenalib/amd64-debian-balenacli

$ docker pull balenalib/amd64-debian-balenacli
Using default tag: latest
Error response from daemon: pull access denied for balenalib/amd64-debian-balenacli, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login': denied: requested access to the resource is denied

It looks like the source repo is here:

Are the image discontinued?

Hey there, unfortunately those images were published by mistake and were removed shortly after. I wouldn’t suggest using them as they are not officially supported and we are instead focusing and improving the CLI installation experience.

If you are using amd64 and Linux for your CI, I would recommend installing the Linux zip package to save build time as outlined in our docs here:

Thanks for your answer. Consider my post a vote for balena putting out a docker image then! :grin:

Noted! I’ve linked this thread to an existing GitHub ticket here for tracking:

Thank you for the feedback!

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Thanks for the link, made me discover this image: samibourouis/balena-cli