docker build

Builds an image from a Dockerfile and a context. The context is the files at a path or URL.

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/build/

E.g.

docker build -t my/target-name .

Notes

• the argument for -tis the repository

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37815524/docker-build-tag-repository-name

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/tag/

• if you haven’t changed anything then Docker will simply take the last build you did and use that. So, don’t be fooled if the CREATED time is several weeks ago.

i.e. it will output stuff like

Successfully built e35dd0eb8db1
Successfully tagged repo/name:latest

even if nothing has changed.

• use -f to specify a Dockerfile

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27409761/multiple-dockerfiles-in-project

• the argument for -t must be lowercase otherwise you’ll get:

invalid reference format: repository name must be lowercase

and run it with:

docker run -it w/entrypoint_test sh

 

Dockerfile: passing in build-time arguments

ARG

ARG instruction is a variable that can be passed in at build time. E.g.
–build-arg <varname>=<value>

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#arg

Note: it’s the only command that can appear before a FROM command.

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#understand-how-arg-and-from-interact

 

Problems:

Error response from daemon: Dockerfile parse error line 2: ADD requires at least two arguments, but only one was provided. Destination could not be determined.

ADD has format: ADD <local path> <destination path>