I managed to get BuildKit build to work! It is not perfect yet, but it works most of the time for me.

To do this, dockerode needs to create a gRPC server and serve over a hijacked session connection to the docker backend and attach the sessionId to the build request. Even a gRPC server without any implemented services will do, but it can also be used to return credentials to docker, which is needed when using private Images or Registries.

The are some open todos and problems:

• Small changes in docker-modem are needed:Small changes for BuildKit support docker-modem#173
• A new release of @grpc/grpc-js is needed. ThecreateConnectionInjector feature is already in master, but not release yet (grpc-js: Add Server#createConnectionInjector API grpc/grpc-node#2675). At the moment one has to build @grpc/grpc-js locally (that's why it's linked locally in the package.json for now)
• Occasionally, without changing anything, I see one of two errors in the build log. I don't know if it's a docker problem or something is wrong in my implementation. I'm happy for any hints.
  • "Error while dialing only one connection allowed"
  • "http2: frame too large"

Solves#601