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@@ -49,13 +49,18 @@ to any of the files in the context. For example, your build can use an
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[*ADD*](../builder.md#add) instruction to reference a file in the
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context.
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-The `URL` parameter can specify the location of a Git repository; the repository
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-acts as the build context. The system recursively clones the repository and its
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-submodules using a `git clone --depth 1 --recursive` command. This command runs
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-in a temporary directory on your local host. After the command succeeds, the
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-directory is sent to the Docker daemon as the context. Local clones give you the
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-ability to access private repositories using local user credentials, VPNs, and
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-so forth.
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+The `URL` parameter can refer to three kinds of resources: Git repositories,
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+pre-packaged tarball contexts and plain text files.
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+
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+### Git repositories
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+
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+When the `URL` parameter points to the location of a Git repository, the
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+repository acts as the build context. The system recursively clones the
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+repository and its submodules using a `git clone --depth 1 --recursive`
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+command. This command runs in a temporary directory on your local host. After
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+the command succeeds, the directory is sent to the Docker daemon as the
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+context. Local clones give you the ability to access private repositories using
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+local user credentials, VPN's, and so forth.
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Git URLs accept context configuration in their fragment section, separated by a
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colon `:`. The first part represents the reference that Git will check out,
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@@ -84,9 +89,29 @@ Build Syntax Suffix | Commit Used | Build Context Used
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`myrepo.git#mybranch:myfolder` | `refs/heads/mybranch` | `/myfolder`
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`myrepo.git#abcdef:myfolder` | `sha1 = abcdef` | `/myfolder`
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+
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+### Tarball contexts
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+
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+If you pass an URL to a remote tarball, the URL itself is sent to the daemon:
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+
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Instead of specifying a context, you can pass a single Dockerfile in the `URL`
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or pipe the file in via `STDIN`. To pipe a Dockerfile from `STDIN`:
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+```bash
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+$ docker build http://server/context.tar.gz
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+
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+The download operation will be performed on the host the Docker daemon is
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+running on, which is not necessarily the same host from which the build command
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+is being issued. The Docker daemon will fetch `context.tar.gz` and use it as the
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+build context. Tarball contexts must be tar archives conforming to the standard
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+`tar` UNIX format and can be compressed with any one of the 'xz', 'bzip2',
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+'gzip' or 'identity' (no compression) formats.
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+
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+### Text files
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+
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+Instead of specifying a context, you can pass a single `Dockerfile` in the
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+`URL` or pipe the file in via `STDIN`. To pipe a `Dockerfile` from `STDIN`:
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+
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```bash
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$ docker build - < Dockerfile
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```
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@@ -97,16 +122,16 @@ With Powershell on Windows, you can run:
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Get-Content Dockerfile | docker build -
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```
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-If you use STDIN or specify a `URL`, the system places the contents into a file
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-called `Dockerfile`, and any `-f`, `--file` option is ignored. In this
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-scenario, there is no context.
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+If you use `STDIN` or specify a `URL` pointing to a plain text file, the system
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+places the contents into a file called `Dockerfile`, and any `-f`, `--file`
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+option is ignored. In this scenario, there is no context.
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By default the `docker build` command will look for a `Dockerfile` at the root
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of the build context. The `-f`, `--file`, option lets you specify the path to
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an alternative file to use instead. This is useful in cases where the same set
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of files are used for multiple builds. The path must be to a file within the
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-build context. If a relative path is specified then it must to be relative to
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-the current directory.
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+build context. If a relative path is specified then it is interpreted as
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+relative to the root of the context.
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In most cases, it's best to put each Dockerfile in an empty directory. Then,
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add to that directory only the files needed for building the Dockerfile. To
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@@ -199,9 +224,32 @@ $ docker build github.com/creack/docker-firefox
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```
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This will clone the GitHub repository and use the cloned repository as context.
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-The Dockerfile at the root of the repository is used as Dockerfile. Note that
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-you can specify an arbitrary Git repository by using the `git://` or `git@`
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-scheme.
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+The Dockerfile at the root of the repository is used as Dockerfile. You can
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+specify an arbitrary Git repository by using the `git://` or `git@` scheme.
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+
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+```bash
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+$ docker build -f ctx/Dockerfile http://server/ctx.tar.gz
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+
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+Downloading context: http://server/ctx.tar.gz [===================>] 240 B/240 B
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+Step 0 : FROM busybox
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+ ---> 8c2e06607696
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+Step 1 : ADD ctx/container.cfg /
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+ ---> e7829950cee3
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+Removing intermediate container b35224abf821
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+Step 2 : CMD /bin/ls
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+ ---> Running in fbc63d321d73
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+ ---> 3286931702ad
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+Removing intermediate container fbc63d321d73
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+Successfully built 377c409b35e4
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+```
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+
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+This sends the URL `http://server/ctx.tar.gz` to the Docker daemon, which
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+downloads and extracts the referenced tarball. The `-f ctx/Dockerfile`
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+parameter specifies a path inside `ctx.tar.gz` to the `Dockerfile` that is used
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+to build the image. Any `ADD` commands in that `Dockerfile` that refer to local
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+paths must be relative to the root of the contents inside `ctx.tar.gz`. In the
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+example above, the tarball contains a directory `ctx/`, so the `ADD
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+ctx/container.cfg /` operation works as expected.
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### Build with -
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