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Docker Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Docker Quick Start Guide Learn Docker like a boss, and finally own your applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789347326
Length 230 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Earl Waud Earl Waud
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Preface 1. Setting up a Docker Development Environment FREE CHAPTER 2. Learning Docker Commands 3. Creating Docker Images 4. Docker Volumes 5. Docker Swarm 6. Docker Networking 7. Docker Stacks 8. Docker and Jenkins 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

The Docker image build command

OK, so the image build command is not a Dockerfile instruction. Instead, it is the docker command that is used to turn your Dockerfile into a docker image. The Docker image build command sends the docker build context, including the Dockerfile, to the docker daemon, which parses the Dockerfile and builds the image layer by layer. We will discuss the build context shortly, but for now, consider it to be everything that is needed to build the Docker image based on the content found in the Dockerfile. The build command syntax is as follows:

# Docker image build command syntax
Usage: docker image build [OPTIONS] PATH | URL | -

There are many options for the image build command. We will not be covering all of the options now, but let's take a look at a few of the most common:

# Common options used with the image build command
--rm Remove intermediate...
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