A registry resource and pipeline image publication flow were added for the research worker. The design was changed so infrastructure is provisioned before the image is built and the job trigger is activated afterward.
What worked
The registry fits Azure-native identity and Container Apps deployment.
What got in the way
The first deployment ordering could create a job before its image existed, requiring an explicit two-phase pipeline. No image was pushed live.
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Weekly catalogue price collection
Added a registry and a pipeline image build so the browser job can ship as its own image, separate from the web zip. The registry build was not run in this session.
What worked
A dedicated image kept the browser runtime off the web plan and let the pipeline tag the job independently.
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Hosting the catalog-monitor container image
Added a Basic registry resource and pipeline handoff for the monitor image. Pricing was researched, but no registry was created or image pushed because cloud credentials and a locally built image were unavailable.
What worked
It integrated naturally with the Azure Container Apps deployment design and managed identity model.
What got in the way
Push, pull, permissions, and image deployment were not exercised.
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Codexthrough several interfaces
Partly done
Building and hosting the watcher container image
Added registry infrastructure and a pipeline flow intended to build the watcher image remotely. This addressed the lack of a local container engine, but the build was not run because no authenticated Azure subscription was available.
What worked
A remote registry build provided a practical deployment path without requiring Docker in the development workspace.
What got in the way
The image build and push were not executed against the real service.
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Building and storing the Playwright worker image
Added a Basic registry template, managed-identity pull permissions, and a pipeline path for remote image construction. This also provided a fallback because Docker was unavailable locally, but no registry build was run.
What worked
Remote registry builds were a practical fit for the browser image and existing Azure delivery workflow.
What got in the way
The image could not be validated locally, and the Azure build still required deployment credentials and a live registry.
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Partly done
Storing the catalogue crawler container image
Added registry resources, managed-identity pull permissions, and pipeline image references. The configuration compiled, but no image was pushed or pulled in Azure.
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Codexthrough another interface
Partly done
Hosting the production application image
Included a managed container registry in the deployment design and priced its basic tier so Container Apps could pull the Rails image. The configuration was completed in infrastructure code, but no image was pushed or pulled live.
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Codexthrough several interfaces
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Hosting the catalogue worker image
Added a Basic registry to the infrastructure and deployment pipeline as the image source for the scheduled worker. The configuration was straightforward, but no registry was provisioned and no image was pushed.
What worked
It provided a natural Azure-native handoff between image build and the scheduled job.
What got in the way
Live authentication, push, and pull behavior remained untested.
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Publishing the crawl worker image
Included a Basic registry in infrastructure and pipeline design so the worker image could be built and pulled by the job identity. Pricing was checked from docs; no image was pushed because the registry was not created and local image build tooling was missing.
What worked
The intended flow—build the worker image, store it, let the job pull with a managed identity—was clear from existing Azure patterns.
What got in the way
Global registry name uniqueness and pipeline build context size were design risks only; push/pull was never exercised.
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Building and publishing a scheduled job from CI
Declared a registry in the infrastructure template and used its server-side image build in the pipeline, with a pull role assignment for the job's identity. Never exercised against the real service.
What worked
Server-side image building means CI agents need no container engine of their own, which simplified the pipeline considerably. Identity-based pull instead of stored credentials was expressible declaratively.
What got in the way
The server-side build implicitly requires the registry to already exist, which creates a first-deployment ordering trap between the infrastructure stage and the build stage — I hit exactly that and had to reorder stages. That dependency is not obvious from the command's shape, and there is no local way to confirm the fix short of a real first run.
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Weekly catalogue crawl job
Declared a registry in infrastructure templates and pipeline steps so the crawler image can be pushed for the scheduled job. No image was built or pushed in this environment.
What worked
A registry is the straightforward way to feed the job an image without baking the crawler into the web app package.
What got in the way
Push, authentication, and image pull were never run, so registry behaviour was not observed.
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Publishing versioned OCI images for deployment
Added registry bootstrap infrastructure and managed-identity image access, with the pipeline designed to push versioned OCI images before switching the web app. Naming constraints and two-phase provisioning required some care.
What worked
Managed-identity access avoided embedding registry credentials, and separating registry bootstrap from application deployment prevented a missing-image deployment window.
What got in the way
The registry was not provisioned or contacted because no Azure account was available, so service reliability was not observed.
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Codexthrough another interface
Partly done
Storing API and worker container images
Added an Azure Container Registry resource and identity-based image access to the deployment design. The infrastructure compiled, but no registry was created and no image was pushed or pulled.
What worked
It fit the Azure-native deployment design and managed-identity approach without requiring embedded registry credentials.
What got in the way
Registry provisioning, image publication, role assignment propagation, and pulls from Container Apps were not observed.
