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Version: 0.6

Share Your Package to docker.io

This article will show you how to use the kcl package management tool to push your kcl packages to docker.io.

Step 1: Install KCL CLI

First, you need to install KCL CLI on your computer. You can follow the instructions in the KCL CLI installation documentation.

Step 2: Create a docker.io account

If you want to use docker.io as the OCI registry to share your kcl package with others, you need to create a docker.io account to support the push of your kcl package.

Step 3: Log in to docker.io

You can use the following command to log in to docker.io.

kcl registry login -u <USERNAME> -p <TOKEN> docker.io

Where <USERNAME> is your docker.io username, and <PASSWORD> is your docker.io password.

For more information on how to log in to ghcr.io, see kcl registry login.

Step 4: Push your kcl package

Now, you can use kpm to push your kcl package to docker.io.

1. A valid kcl package

First, you need to make sure that what you are pushing conforms to the specifications of a kcl package, i.e., it must contain valid kcl.mod and kcl.mod.lock files.

If you don't know how to get a valid kcl.mod and kcl.mod.lock, you can use the kcl mod init command.

Create a new kcl package named my_package.

kcl mod init my_package

The kcl mod init my_package command will create a new kcl package my_package for you and create the kcl.mod and kcl.mod.lock files for this package.

If you already have a directory containing kcl files exist_kcl_package, you can use the following command to convert it into a kcl package and create valid kcl.mod and kcl.mod.lock files for it.

Run the kcl mod init command under the exist_kcl_package directory.

kcl mod init

For more information on how to use kcl mod init, see kcl mod init.

2. Pushing the KCL Package

You can use the following command in the root directory of your kcl package:

Run the kcl mod push command under the exist_kcl_package directory.

kcl mod push oci://docker.io/<USERNAME>/exist_kcl_package

After completing these steps, you have successfully pushed your KCL Package exist_kcl_package to docker.io. For more information on how to use kcl mod push, see kcl mod push.