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# Run your Deployment's current Airflow image

## Run the current Airflow image

You can run your Deployment's current Airflow image with the `KubernetesPodOperator` by using the environment variable, `ASTRONOMER_AIRFLOW_IMAGE`. This environment variable allows you to run KPO tasks using the same Runtime image that your Deployment uses, in a way that won't be affected by underlying cluster infrastructure changes that might change the base image repository URL. The `ASTRONOMER_AIRFLOW_IMAGE` environment variable allows you to ensure that your Deployment retrieves the correct image URL.

## Setup

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add current Airflow image configuration">
    Add the `ASTRONOMER_AIRFLOW_IMAGE` environment variable to your KPO configuration. For example:

    ```python {10-14} wrap theme={null}
    import os
    from airflow.configuration import conf
    from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.operators.pod import KubernetesPodOperator
    from kubernetes.client import models as k8s
    KubernetesPodOperator(
        namespace=conf.get("kubernetes", "NAMESPACE"),
        image=os.getenv("ASTRONOMER_AIRFLOW_IMAGE"),
        image_pull_secrets=[
            k8s.V1LocalObjectReference("image-pull-secret"),
            k8s.V1LocalObjectReference("per-dp-registry-pull-secret"),
        ],
        cmds=["<commands-for-image>"],
        arguments=["<arguments-for-image>"],
        labels={"<pod-label>": "<label-name>"},
        name="<pod-name>",
        task_id="<task-name>",
        get_logs=True,
        in_cluster=True,
    )
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>