WARNING: No container image registry has been configured with the server. Automatic builds and deployments may not function.

title: “WARNING: No container image registry has been configured with the server. Automatic builds and deployments may not function.”
date: 2020-12-11T09:04:19
slug: warning-no-container-image-registry-has-been-configured-with-the-server-automatic-builds-and-deployments-may-not-function

If this error message appears, check if the image registry is in managed state:

oc edit configs.imageregistry.operator.openshift.io
apiVersion: imageregistry.operator.openshift.io/v1
kind: Config
metadata:
 creationTimestamp:
 finalizers:
 - imageregistry.operator.openshift.io/finalizer
 generation: 3
 name: cluster
 resourceVersion:
 selfLink:
spec:
 readOnly: false
 disableRedirect: false
 requests:
 read:
 maxInQueue: 0
 maxRunning: 0
 maxWaitInQueue: 0s
 write:
 maxInQueue: 0
 maxRunning: 0
 maxWaitInQueue: 0s
 defaultRoute: true
 managementState: Managed

To let the registry use local storage

oc patch configs.imageregistry.operator.openshift.io cluster --type merge --patch '{"spec":{"storage":{"emptyDir":{}}}}'