chore: drop AIO images (#9004)

AIO images are behind, and takes effort to maintain these. Wizard and
installation of models have been semplified massively, so AIO images
lost their purpose.

This allows us to be more laser focused on main images and reliefes
stress from CI.

Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>

Author: mudler

.github/workflows/image.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
         runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
         base-image: ${{ matrix.base-image }}
         grpc-base-image: ${{ matrix.grpc-base-image }}
-        aio: ${{ matrix.aio }}
         makeflags: ${{ matrix.makeflags }}
         ubuntu-version: ${{ matrix.ubuntu-version }}
         ubuntu-codename: ${{ matrix.ubuntu-codename }}
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
               grpc-base-image: "ubuntu:24.04"
               runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
               makeflags: "--jobs=3 --output-sync=target"
-              aio: "-aio-gpu-hipblas"
               ubuntu-version: '2404'
               ubuntu-codename: 'noble'
 
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@
         cuda-minor-version: ${{ matrix.cuda-minor-version }}
         platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
         runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
-        aio: ${{ matrix.aio }}
         base-image: ${{ matrix.base-image }}
         grpc-base-image: ${{ matrix.grpc-base-image }}
         makeflags: ${{ matrix.makeflags }}
@@ -83,7 +80,6 @@
               tag-suffix: ''
               base-image: "ubuntu:24.04"
               runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-              aio: "-aio-cpu"
               makeflags: "--jobs=4 --output-sync=target"
               skip-drivers: 'false'
               ubuntu-version: '2404'
@@ -98,7 +94,6 @@
               base-image: "ubuntu:24.04"
               skip-drivers: 'false'
               makeflags: "--jobs=4 --output-sync=target"
-              aio: "-aio-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12"
               ubuntu-version: '2404'
               ubuntu-codename: 'noble'
             - build-type: 'cublas'
@@ -111,7 +106,6 @@
               base-image: "ubuntu:22.04"
               skip-drivers: 'false'
               makeflags: "--jobs=4 --output-sync=target"
-              aio: "-aio-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13"
               ubuntu-version: '2404'
               ubuntu-codename: 'noble'
             - build-type: 'vulkan'
@@ -122,7 +116,6 @@
               base-image: "ubuntu:24.04"
               skip-drivers: 'false'
               makeflags: "--jobs=4 --output-sync=target"
-              aio: "-aio-gpu-vulkan"
               ubuntu-version: '2404'
               ubuntu-codename: 'noble'
             - build-type: 'intel'
@@ -133,7 +126,6 @@
               tag-suffix: '-gpu-intel'
               runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
               makeflags: "--jobs=3 --output-sync=target"
-              aio: "-aio-gpu-intel"
               ubuntu-version: '2404'
               ubuntu-codename: 'noble'
 
@@ -148,7 +140,6 @@
         cuda-minor-version: ${{ matrix.cuda-minor-version }}
         platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
         runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
-        aio: ${{ matrix.aio }}
         base-image: ${{ matrix.base-image }}
         grpc-base-image: ${{ matrix.grpc-base-image }}
         makeflags: ${{ matrix.makeflags }}

.github/workflows/image_build.yml

@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: '--jobs=4 --output-sync=target'
         type: string
-      aio:
-        description: 'AIO Image Name'
-        required: false
-        default: ''
-        type: string
       ubuntu-version:
         description: 'Ubuntu version'
         required: false
@@ -177,34 +172,6 @@ jobs:
           flavor: |
             latest=${{ inputs.tag-latest }}
             suffix=${{ inputs.tag-suffix }}
-      - name: Docker meta AIO (quay.io)
-        if: inputs.aio != ''
-        id: meta_aio
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v6
-        with:
-          images: |
-            quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai
-          tags: |
-            type=ref,event=branch
-            type=semver,pattern={{raw}}
-          flavor: |
-            latest=${{ inputs.tag-latest }}
-            suffix=${{ inputs.aio }},onlatest=true
-
-      - name: Docker meta AIO (dockerhub)
-        if: inputs.aio != ''
-        id: meta_aio_dockerhub
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v6
-        with:
-          images: |
-            localai/localai
-          tags: |
-            type=ref,event=branch
-            type=semver,pattern={{raw}}
-          flavor: |
-            latest=${{ inputs.tag-latest }}
-            suffix=${{ inputs.aio }},onlatest=true
-
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@master
         with:
@@ -287,41 +254,6 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ steps.meta_pull_request.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta_pull_request.outputs.labels }}
 ## End testing image
-      - name: Build and push AIO image
-        if: inputs.aio != ''
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
-        with:
-          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
-          build-args: |
-            BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai:${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
-            MAKEFLAGS=${{ inputs.makeflags }}
-          context: .
-          file: ./Dockerfile.aio
-          platforms: ${{ inputs.platforms }}
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta_aio.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta_aio.outputs.labels }}
-
-      - name: Build and push AIO image (dockerhub)
-        if: inputs.aio != ''
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
-        with:
-          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
-          build-args: |
-            BASE_IMAGE=localai/localai:${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
-            MAKEFLAGS=${{ inputs.makeflags }}
-          context: .
-          file: ./Dockerfile.aio
-          platforms: ${{ inputs.platforms }}
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta_aio_dockerhub.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta_aio_dockerhub.outputs.labels }}
-
       - name: job summary
         run: |
           echo "Built image: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-      - name: job summary(AIO)
-        if: inputs.aio != ''
-        run: |
-          echo "Built image: ${{ steps.meta_aio.outputs.labels }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           connect-timeout-seconds: 180
           limit-access-to-actor: true
 
-  tests-aio-container:
+  tests-e2e-container:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Release space from worker
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
           PATH="$PATH:$HOME/go/bin" make protogen-go
       - name: Test
         run: |
-            PATH="$PATH:$HOME/go/bin" make backends/local-store backends/silero-vad backends/llama-cpp backends/whisper backends/piper backends/stablediffusion-ggml docker-build-aio e2e-aio
+            PATH="$PATH:$HOME/go/bin" make backends/local-store backends/silero-vad backends/llama-cpp backends/whisper backends/piper backends/stablediffusion-ggml docker-build-e2e e2e-aio
       - name: Setup tmate session if tests fail
         if: ${{ failure() }}
         uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3.23

.gitignore

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ models/*
 test-models/
 test-dir/
 tests/e2e-aio/backends
-tests/e2e-aio/models
 mock-backend
 
 release/

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -244,19 +244,16 @@ The e2e tests run LocalAI in a Docker container and exercise the API:
 make test-e2e
 ```
 
-### Running AIO tests
+### Running E2E container tests
 
-All-In-One images have a set of tests that automatically verify that most of the endpoints work correctly:
+These tests build a standard LocalAI Docker image and run it with pre-configured model configs to verify that most endpoints work correctly:
 
 ```bash
 # Build the LocalAI docker image
-make DOCKER_IMAGE=local-ai docker
+make docker-build-e2e
 
-# Build the corresponding AIO image
-BASE_IMAGE=local-ai DOCKER_AIO_IMAGE=local-ai-aio:test make docker-aio
-
-# Run the AIO e2e tests
-LOCALAI_IMAGE_TAG=test LOCALAI_IMAGE=local-ai-aio make run-e2e-aio
+# Run the e2e tests (uses model configs from tests/e2e-aio/models/)
+make e2e-aio
 ```
 
 ### Testing backends

Dockerfile.aio

@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ test: test-models/testmodel.ggml protogen-go
 	$(MAKE) test-stablediffusion
 
 ########################################################
-## AIO tests
+## E2E AIO tests (uses standard image with pre-configured models)
 ########################################################
 
-docker-build-aio:
+docker-build-e2e:
 	docker build \
 		--build-arg MAKEFLAGS="--jobs=5 --output-sync=target" \
 		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=$(BASE_IMAGE) \
@@ -187,13 +187,12 @@ docker-build-aio:
 		--build-arg UBUNTU_CODENAME=$(UBUNTU_CODENAME) \
 		--build-arg GO_TAGS="$(GO_TAGS)" \
 		-t local-ai:tests -f Dockerfile .
-	BASE_IMAGE=local-ai:tests DOCKER_AIO_IMAGE=local-ai-aio:test $(MAKE) docker-aio
 
 e2e-aio:
 	LOCALAI_BACKEND_DIR=$(abspath ./backends) \
-	LOCALAI_MODELS_DIR=$(abspath ./models) \
-	LOCALAI_IMAGE_TAG=test \
-	LOCALAI_IMAGE=local-ai-aio \
+	LOCALAI_MODELS_DIR=$(abspath ./tests/e2e-aio/models) \
+	LOCALAI_IMAGE_TAG=tests \
+	LOCALAI_IMAGE=local-ai \
 	$(MAKE) run-e2e-aio
 
 run-e2e-aio: protogen-go
@@ -443,7 +442,6 @@ test-extra: prepare-test-extra
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/ace-step test
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE?=local-ai
-DOCKER_AIO_IMAGE?=local-ai-aio
 IMAGE_TYPE?=core
 BASE_IMAGE?=ubuntu:24.04
 
@@ -473,21 +471,6 @@ docker-cuda12:
 		--build-arg UBUNTU_CODENAME=$(UBUNTU_CODENAME) \
 		-t $(DOCKER_IMAGE)-cuda-12 .
 
-docker-aio:
-	@echo "Building AIO image with base $(BASE_IMAGE) as $(DOCKER_AIO_IMAGE)"
-	docker build \
-		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=$(BASE_IMAGE) \
-		--build-arg MAKEFLAGS="$(DOCKER_MAKEFLAGS)" \
-		--build-arg CUDA_MAJOR_VERSION=$(CUDA_MAJOR_VERSION) \
-		--build-arg CUDA_MINOR_VERSION=$(CUDA_MINOR_VERSION) \
-		--build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=$(UBUNTU_VERSION) \
-		--build-arg UBUNTU_CODENAME=$(UBUNTU_CODENAME) \
-		-t $(DOCKER_AIO_IMAGE) -f Dockerfile.aio .
-
-docker-aio-all:
-	$(MAKE) docker-aio DOCKER_AIO_SIZE=cpu
-	$(MAKE) docker-aio DOCKER_AIO_SIZE=cpu
-
 docker-image-intel:
 	docker build \
 		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.3.0-0-devel-ubuntu24.04 \

Makefile

@@ -194,27 +194,6 @@ docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 --device=/dev/dri/card1 --device=/de
 docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 localai/localai:latest-gpu-vulkan
 ```
 
-#### AIO Images (pre-downloaded models):
-
-```bash
-# CPU version
-docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 localai/localai:latest-aio-cpu
-
-# NVIDIA CUDA 13 version
-docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 --gpus all localai/localai:latest-aio-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13
-
-# NVIDIA CUDA 12 version
-docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 --gpus all localai/localai:latest-aio-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12
-
-# Intel GPU version
-docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 localai/localai:latest-aio-gpu-intel
-
-# AMD GPU version
-docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 --device=/dev/kfd --device=/dev/dri --group-add=video localai/localai:latest-aio-gpu-hipblas
-```
-
-For more information about the AIO images and pre-downloaded models, see [Container Documentation](https://localai.io/basics/container/).
-
 To load models:
 
 ```bash
@@ -250,7 +229,7 @@ For more information, see [💻 Getting started](https://localai.io/basics/getti
 - May 2025: Important: image name changes [See release](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/releases/tag/v2.29.0)
 - Apr 2025: Rebrand, WebUI enhancements
 - Apr 2025: [LocalAGI](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAGI) and [LocalRecall](https://github.com/mudler/LocalRecall) join the LocalAI family stack.
-- Apr 2025: WebUI overhaul, AIO images updates
+- Apr 2025: WebUI overhaul
 - Feb 2025: Backend cleanup, Breaking changes, new backends (kokoro, OutelTTS, faster-whisper), Nvidia L4T images
 - Jan 2025: LocalAI model release: https://huggingface.co/mudler/LocalAI-functioncall-phi-4-v0.3, SANA support in diffusers: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/4603
 - Dec 2024: stablediffusion.cpp backend (ggml) added ( https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/4289 )