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% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals
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% Docker Community
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% JUNE 2014
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# NAME
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docker-build - Build a new image from the source code at PATH
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# SYNOPSIS
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**docker build**
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[**--help**]
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[**-f**|**--file**[=*Dockerfile*]]
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[**--force-rm**[=*false*]]
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[**--no-cache**[=*false*]]
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[**-q**|**--quiet**[=*false*]]
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[**--rm**[=*true*]]
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[**-t**|**--tag**[=*TAG*]]
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PATH | URL | -
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# DESCRIPTION
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This will read the Dockerfile from the directory specified in **PATH**.
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It also sends any other files and directories found in the current
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directory to the Docker daemon. The contents of this directory would
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be used by **ADD** commands found within the Dockerfile.
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Warning, this will send a lot of data to the Docker daemon depending
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on the contents of the current directory. The build is run by the Docker
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daemon, not by the CLI, so the whole context must be transferred to the daemon.
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The Docker CLI reports "Sending build context to Docker daemon" when the context is sent to
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the daemon.
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When a single Dockerfile is given as the URL, then no context is set.
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When a Git repository is set as the **URL**, the repository is used
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as context.
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# OPTIONS
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**-f**, **--file**=*Dockerfile*
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Path to the Dockerfile to use. If the path is a relative path then it must be relative to the current directory. The file must be within the build context. The default is *Dockerfile*.
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**--force-rm**=*true*|*false*
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Always remove intermediate containers, even after unsuccessful builds. The default is *false*.
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**--no-cache**=*true*|*false*
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Do not use cache when building the image. The default is *false*.
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**--help**
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Print usage statement
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**-q**, **--quiet**=*true*|*false*
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Suppress the verbose output generated by the containers. The default is *false*.
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**--rm**=*true*|*false*
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Remove intermediate containers after a successful build. The default is *true*.
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**-t**, **--tag**=""
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Repository name (and optionally a tag) to be applied to the resulting image in case of success
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# EXAMPLES
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## Building an image using a Dockefile located inside the current directory
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Docker images can be built using the build command and a Dockerfile:
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docker build .
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During the build process Docker creates intermediate images. In order to
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keep them, you must explicitly set `--rm=false`.
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docker build --rm=false .
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A good practice is to make a sub-directory with a related name and create
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the Dockerfile in that directory. For example, a directory called mongo may
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contain a Dockerfile to create a Docker MongoDB image. Likewise, another
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directory called httpd may be used to store Dockerfiles for Apache web
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server images.
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It is also a good practice to add the files required for the image to the
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sub-directory. These files will then be specified with the `COPY` or `ADD`
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instructions in the `Dockerfile`.
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Note: If you include a tar file (a good practice), then Docker will
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automatically extract the contents of the tar file specified within the `ADD`
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instruction into the specified target.
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## Building an image and naming that image
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A good practice is to give a name to the image you are building. There are
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no hard rules here but it is best to give the names consideration.
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The **-t**/**--tag** flag is used to rename an image. Here are some examples:
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Though it is not a good practice, image names can be arbtrary:
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docker build -t myimage .
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A better approach is to provide a fully qualified and meaningful repository,
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name, and tag (where the tag in this context means the qualifier after
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the ":"). In this example we build a JBoss image for the Fedora repository
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and give it the version 1.0:
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docker build -t fedora/jboss:1.0
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The next example is for the "whenry" user repository and uses Fedora and
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JBoss and gives it the version 2.1 :
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docker build -t whenry/fedora-jboss:V2.1
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If you do not provide a version tag then Docker will assign `latest`:
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docker build -t whenry/fedora-jboss
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When you list the images, the image above will have the tag `latest`.
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So renaming an image is arbitrary but consideration should be given to
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a useful convention that makes sense for consumers and should also take
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into account Docker community conventions.
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## Building an image using a URL
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This will clone the specified Github repository from the URL and use it
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as context. The Dockerfile at the root of the repository is used as
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Dockerfile. This only works if the Github repository is a dedicated
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repository.
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docker build github.com/scollier/Fedora-Dockerfiles/tree/master/apache
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Note: You can set an arbitrary Git repository via the `git://` schema.
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# HISTORY
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March 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
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based on docker.com source material and internal work.
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June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>
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