Waypoint cannot be used with local runners

Waypoint
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I am trying to get secret from vault into waypoint variable using :

variable "secret" {
    default= dynamic("vault", {
    path = "kv/data/demo"
    key  = "MY_SECRET"
  })
  type        = string
  sensitive   = true
  description = "my secret key from vault"
}

But, when I run waypoint up I get error:


» Performing operation locally
! Variables with dynamic defaults cannot be used with local runners. Projects
  using variables with dynamic defaults must be executed remotely using a remote
  runner.

How do I resolve it ?

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Hi @ajinkya6,

The usage of dynamic defaults as you’re using are restricted to remote runners currently. The docs can help you go through setting up a remote runner on your system. In the future we may lift that restriction.

  • Evan
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3

Remote runners get to move up in the todo list a guess. It would be nice to have a flag that you can bypass the need for remote runners with dynamic defaults.

4

I recommend opening a feature request on GitHub if you’d like dynamic variables to work with local runners! It’s currently a restriction with local runners in Waypoint in that it is not supported (i.e. more work required to get it working than adding a flag).

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Thank you,
The problem is due to local runner. I shifted the runner to remote, what this does is allows me to use docker login . However, now I am unable to pull images from Azure Container Registry

Here’s part of my code responsible for pulling image

  build {
    use "pack" {}
    registry {
      use "docker" {
        image = "registry.azurecr.io/demo"
        tag   = "latest"
        local = false
        auth {
          username = var.registry_username
          password = var.registry_password
        }
      }
    }

I noticed that with above username and password.
docker login registry.azurecr.io/demo : works on my local computer but
docker login : fails

Is there a way wherein I can pass registry.azurecr.io as a system argument to waypoint.hcl file. Some thing similar to:

  build {
    use "pack" {}
    registry {
      use "docker"  " login" "registry.azurecr.io" {
        image = "registry.azurecr.io/demo"
        tag   = "latest"
        local = false
        auth {
          username = var.registry_username
          password = var.registry_password
        }
      }
    }

Is it possible to pass system argument under build -> registry -> use as simple docker login wont work in my case.