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:title: Docker Builder
:title: Dockerfile Builder
:description: Docker Builder specifes a simple DSL which allows you to automate the steps you would normally manually take to create an image.
:keywords: builder, docker, Docker Builder, automation, image creation
==============
Docker Builder
==============
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Dockerfile Builder
==================
**Docker can act as a builder** and read instructions from a text
Dockerfile to automate the steps you would otherwise make manually to
create an image. Executing ``docker build`` will run your steps and
commit them along the way, giving you a final image.
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Docker Builder specifes a simple DSL which allows you to automate the steps you
would normally manually take to create an image. Docker Build will run your
steps and commit them along the way, giving you a final image.
1. Usage
========
To build an image from a source repository, create a description file called `Dockerfile`
at the root of your repository. This file will describe the steps to assemble
the image.
To build an image from a source repository, create a description file
called ``Dockerfile`` at the root of your repository. This file will
describe the steps to assemble the image.
Then call `docker build` with the path of your source repository as argument:
Then call ``docker build`` with the path of your source repository as
argument:
``docker build .``
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The Dockerfile format is quite simple:
``instruction arguments``
::
# Comment
INSTRUCTION arguments
The Instruction is not case-sensitive, however convention is for them to be
UPPERCASE in order to distinguish them from arguments more easily.
Dockerfiles are evaluated in order, therefore the first instruction must be
`FROM` in order to specify the base image from which you are building.
Docker evaluates the instructions in a Dockerfile in order. **The first
instruction must be `FROM`** in order to specify the base image from
which you are building.
Docker will ignore lines in Dockerfiles prefixed with "`#`", so you may add
comment lines. A comment marker in the rest of the line will be treated as an
argument.
Docker will ignore **comment lines** *beginning* with ``#``. A comment
marker anywhere in the rest of the line will be treated as an argument.
3. Instructions
===============
Docker builder comes with a set of instructions, described below.
Here is the set of instructions you can use in a ``Dockerfile`` for
building images.
3.1 FROM
--------
``FROM <image>``
The `FROM` instruction sets the base image for subsequent instructions. As such,
a valid Dockerfile must have it as its first instruction.
The ``FROM`` instruction sets the :ref:`base_image_def` for subsequent
instructions. As such, a valid Dockerfile must have ``FROM`` as its
first instruction.
`FROM` can be included multiple times within a single Dockerfile in order to
create multiple images. Simply make a note of the last image id output by the
commit before each new `FROM` command.
``FROM`` must be the first non-comment instruction in the
``Dockerfile``.
``FROM`` can appear multiple times within a single Dockerfile in order
to create multiple images. Simply make a note of the last image id
output by the commit before each new ``FROM`` command.
3.2 MAINTAINER
--------------
``MAINTAINER <name>``
The `MAINTAINER` instruction allows you to set the Author field of the generated
images.
The ``MAINTAINER`` instruction allows you to set the *Author* field of
the generated images.
3.3 RUN
-------
``RUN <command>``
The `RUN` instruction will execute any commands on the current image and commit
the results. The resulting committed image will be used for the next step in the
Dockerfile.
The ``RUN`` instruction will execute any commands on the current image
and commit the results. The resulting committed image will be used for
the next step in the Dockerfile.
Layering `RUN` instructions and generating commits conforms to the
core concepts of Docker where commits are cheap and containers can be created
from any point in an image's history, much like source control.
Layering ``RUN`` instructions and generating commits conforms to the
core concepts of Docker where commits are cheap and containers can be
created from any point in an image's history, much like source
control.
3.4 CMD
-------
``CMD <command>``
The `CMD` instruction sets the command to be executed when running the image.
This is functionally equivalent to running
`docker commit -run '{"Cmd": <command>}'` outside the builder.
The ``CMD`` instruction sets the command to be executed when running
the image. This is functionally equivalent to running ``docker commit
-run '{"Cmd": <command>}'`` outside the builder.
.. note::
Don't confuse `RUN` with `CMD`. `RUN` actually runs a command and commits
the result; `CMD` does not execute anything at build time, but specifies the
intended command for the image.
.. note::
Don't confuse `RUN` with `CMD`. `RUN` actually runs a
command and commits the result; `CMD` does not execute anything at
build time, but specifies the intended command for the image.
3.5 EXPOSE
----------
``EXPOSE <port> [<port>...]``
The `EXPOSE` instruction sets ports to be publicly exposed when running the
image. This is functionally equivalent to running
`docker commit -run '{"PortSpecs": ["<port>", "<port2>"]}'` outside the builder.
The ``EXPOSE`` instruction sets ports to be publicly exposed when
running the image. This is functionally equivalent to running ``docker
commit -run '{"PortSpecs": ["<port>", "<port2>"]}'`` outside the
builder.
3.6 ENV
-------
``ENV <key> <value>``
The `ENV` instruction sets the environment variable `<key>` to the value
`<value>`. This value will be passed to all future ``RUN`` instructions. This is
functionally equivalent to prefixing the command with `<key>=<value>`
The ``ENV`` instruction sets the environment variable ``<key>`` to the
value ``<value>``. This value will be passed to all future ``RUN``
instructions. This is functionally equivalent to prefixing the command
with ``<key>=<value>``
.. note::
The environment variables will persist when a container is run from the resulting image.
.. note::
The environment variables will persist when a container is run
from the resulting image.
3.7 ADD
-------
``ADD <src> <dest>``
The `ADD` instruction will copy new files from <src> and add them to the container's filesystem at path `<dest>`.
The ``ADD`` instruction will copy new files from <src> and add them to
the container's filesystem at path ``<dest>``.
`<src>` must be the path to a file or directory relative to the source directory being built (also called the
context of the build) or a remote file URL.
``<src>`` must be the path to a file or directory relative to the
source directory being built (also called the *context* of the build) or
a remote file URL.
`<dest>` is the path at which the source will be copied in the destination container.
``<dest>`` is the path at which the source will be copied in the
destination container.
The copy obeys the following rules:
If `<src>` is a directory, the entire directory is copied, including filesystem metadata.
* If ``<src>`` is a directory, the entire directory is copied,
including filesystem metadata.
* If ``<src>``` is a tar archive in a recognized compression format
(identity, gzip, bzip2 or xz), it is unpacked as a directory.
If `<src>` is a tar archive in a recognized compression format (identity, gzip, bzip2 or xz), it
is unpacked as a directory.
When a directory is copied or unpacked, it has the same behavior as
``tar -x``: the result is the union of
When a directory is copied or unpacked, it has the same behavior as 'tar -x': the result is the union of
a) whatever existed at the destination path and b) the contents of the source tree, with conflicts resolved
in favor of b on a file-by-file basis.
1. whatever existed at the destination path and
2. the contents of the source tree,
If `<src>` is any other kind of file, it is copied individually along with its metadata. In this case,
if `<dst>` ends with a trailing slash '/', it will be considered a directory and the contents of `<src>`
will be written at `<dst>/base(<src>)`.
If `<dst>` does not end with a trailing slash, it will be considered a regular file and the contents
of `<src>` will be written at `<dst>`.
with conflicts resolved in favor of 2) on a file-by-file basis.
If `<dest>` doesn't exist, it is created along with all missing directories in its path. All new
files and directories are created with mode 0700, uid and gid 0.
* If ``<src>`` is any other kind of file, it is copied individually
along with its metadata. In this case, if ``<dst>`` ends with a
trailing slash ``/``, it will be considered a directory and the
contents of ``<src>`` will be written at ``<dst>/base(<src>)``.
* If ``<dst>`` does not end with a trailing slash, it will be
considered a regular file and the contents of ``<src>`` will be
written at ``<dst>``.
* If ``<dest>`` doesn't exist, it is created along with all missing
directories in its path. All new files and directories are created
with mode 0700, uid and gid 0.
3.8 ENTRYPOINT
-------------
``ENTRYPOINT /bin/echo``
The `ENTRYPOINT` instruction adds an entry command that will not be overwritten when arguments are passed to docker run, unlike the behavior of `CMD`. This allows arguments to be passed to the entrypoint. i.e. `docker run <image> -d` will pass the "-d" argument to the entrypoint.
The ``ENTRYPOINT`` instruction adds an entry command that will not be
overwritten when arguments are passed to docker run, unlike the
behavior of ``CMD``. This allows arguments to be passed to the
entrypoint. i.e. ``docker run <image> -d`` will pass the "-d" argument
to the entrypoint.
3.9 VOLUME
----------
``VOLUME ["/data"]``
The `VOLUME` instruction will add one or more new volumes to any container created from the image.
The ``VOLUME`` instruction will add one or more new volumes to any
container created from the image.
4. Dockerfile Examples
======================