Thanks for the positive reception of this idea.
I've drafted a PR [1] and would appreciate input :)

Also, should I keep this and the quickstart PR [2] as separate PRs, or
combine them?

thanks, Robin.


[1] https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15124
[2] https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15062

On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 at 13:58, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is a great idea.
>
> If we are moving forward with an "official" Docker image published by the
> project, we must ensure it is fully compliant with ASF requirements
> regarding LICENSE/NOTICE files, etc. While this may seem straightforward,
> it is a detail that is often overlooked.
>
> I would be happy to help with this process.
>
> Regards,
> JB
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 1:52 PM Maximilian Michels <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hey Robin,
>>
>> +1 That's a great idea. It's often a bit painful for new users to get
>> all the dependencies in the right place.
>>
>> +1 for building upon the official Flink Docker images:
>> https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/flink
>>
>> -Max
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 12:27 PM Péter Váry <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Robin,
>> >
>> > I would love to see the Flink quickstart image in the Iceberg repo.
>> >
>> > Ajantha was working on the Spark side:
>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/13519
>> > The conclusion was:
>> >>
>> >> we should both remove the vendor reference and bring this back up to
>> date. My preference would be to rely on the Spark image <
>> https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/spark> provided by the Apache Spark
>> project, similar to what we do for the Hive <
>> https://iceberg.apache.org/hive-quickstart/> quickstart. We should be
>> able to load all the Iceberg-specific JARs through the spark.jars.packages
>> configuration <https://spark.apache.org/docs/3.5.1/configuration.html>.
>> >
>> >
>> > Ajantha also added the link to the old dev list thread:
>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/4kknk8mvnffbmhdt63z8t4ps0mt1jbf4
>> >
>> > Thanks for working on this,
>> > Peter
>> >
>> > Robin Moffatt via dev <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont:
>> 2026. jan. 22., Cs, 19:23):
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Following discussion on the Flink quickstart PR [1], what do people
>> think about adding an official quickstart Docker image for Flink to the
>> project?
>> >> At the moment the Spark quickstart uses tabulario/spark-iceberg so
>> perhaps that could be brought into the project too.
>> >>
>> >> thanks, Robin.
>> >>
>> >> 1: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15062
>>
>

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