Blixt Documentation v2.9

Container images

BlixtFS is distributed as container images on Docker Hub, under docker.io/blixtfs/. Every image is built for:

  • linux/amd64 (x86-64)
  • linux/arm64 (ARM64, including AWS Graviton, Google Axion, Ampere and Apple silicon)

The images are based on Ubuntu 26.04.

Image Contents
blixtfs/standard Complete single-node deployment
blixtfs/enterprise Single-node deployment with built-in Prometheus and Grafana
blixtfs/config, file, cache, write, indexing, updater, replication, notifier Individual services for scale-out
blixtfs/nfs, blixtfs/smb Protocol gateways for scale-out
blixtfs/monitoring Prometheus and Grafana for scale-out

Hosts

Platform Support
Linux with Docker Engine Supported. The recommended platform for single-node deployments.
Kubernetes Supported through the Helm chart (early access) and Kustomize, with overlays for Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud and MinIO.
MacOS with Docker Desktop Supported for evaluation and small deployments. Publish ports; host networking isn’t available.
Windows with Docker Desktop (WSL 2) Supported for evaluation and small deployments.

There are no native packages for Linux distributions. Use the container images.