Support buildkit build without dependency on kubeconfig

[markphillips100]

Is your feature request related to a problem? I am attempting to use devspace in my Azure Pipelines CI for image builds rather than the usual sequential pipeline task, one per image. Using devspace would allow me to take advantage of parallel builds and the pipelines for creating a single base image for all other images to use.

I'm having a similar problem to #1769 only the related merged PR doesn't solve it for me as I do use buildkit in order to use --secrets to support passing of a token to the docker build - necessary for the purpose of accessing a private package feed (in Azure).

So basically I need buildkit enabled and have no kubernetes cluster so no kubeconfig and no namespace.

Which solution do you suggest? Would it be possible to introduce a flag to prevent the devspace build or build_images in the pipeline needing the kubeconfig rather than relying on if buildkit is used or not?

Which alternative solutions exist? None for me. I need buildkit if I'm to use my yaml in CI for image builds.

Additional context

/kind feature

[markphillips100]

I should add that I'm focused (fixated) on the v6 alpha versions :-) due to the pipelines feature, so looking for something to hopefully help in v6.

[FabianKramm]

@markphillips100 thanks for creating this issue! We'll see what we can do there, but generally this should be possible

[markphillips100]

Thank you @FabianKramm . I really appreciate it.

[markphillips100]

@FabianKramm do you have any expectation on a possible solution for this issue? No pressure, just wanted to do some planning of my own is all.

[markphillips100]

Any updates, or whether this change would make it into v6 @FabianKramm ?

[FabianKramm]

@markphillips100 I believe this should work with the latest DevSpace version. Is it currently still a problem?

[markphillips100]

I haven't tried in a while so will give it a go and let you know.

[markphillips100]

Yep all good. Just shows a warning about a missing kubeconfig but no longer prevents the image builds. Thank you @FabianKramm

[alexandradragodan]

Hello! Thank you @markphillips100 for raising this issue up!

We're glad your use case was successful with our updated version. So, I will close this issue as there are no clarifications left.

If you have any further questions or concerns, we'd be happy to support!