Building images with Dockerfiles
Build an image using Dockerfile
from current dir.
$ docker build -t <image-name> .
Dockerfile keywords
FROM |
Base image (e.g alpine) |
ENV |
Environment variables |
COPY |
Copy files from host to container (e.g. COPY . .) |
RUN |
Run during build |
EXPOSE |
Ports to expose (doesn’t publish, more of a documentation) |
CMD |
Final command run when you launch a new container from image |
WORKDIR |
Sets working directory |
Everything from base images is included in new image
FROM nginx:latest
WORKDIR /usr/share/nginx/html
COPY index.html index.html
Run a container
$ docker container run -p 80:80 --rm <new-image-name>
Pull a custom Dockerfile
and build an image locally
$ docker build -t yarnpkg/dev -f Dockerfile.dev .