How to build Your First Alpine Docker Image and Push it to DockerHub
Tested Infrastructure
| Platform | Number of Instance | Reading Time |
|---|---|---|
| Play with Docker | 1 | 5 min |
Pre-requisite
- Create an account with DockerHub
- Open PWD Platform on your browser
- Click on Add New Instance on the left side of the screen to bring up Alpine OS instance on the right side
Under this tutorial we will see how to build our own first alpine based Docker Image.
$ docker run -dit alpine sh 620e1bcb5ab6e84b75a7a5c35790a77691112e59830ea1d5d85244bc108578c9 [node4] (local) root@192.168.0.20 ~ $ docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 620e1bcb5ab6 alpine "sh" 3 seconds ago Up 2 seconds keen_alba ttani [node4] (local) root@192.168.0.20 ~ $ docker attach 62 / # / # / # cat /etc/os-release NAME="Alpine Linux" ID=alpine VERSION_ID=3.9.2 PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux v3.9" HOME_URL="https://alpinelinux.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.alpinelinux.org/" / # Updating APK Packages
/ # apk update fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.9/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.9/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz v3.9.2-21-g3dda2a36ce [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.9/main] v3.9.2-19-gfdf726d41a [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.9/community] OK: 9756 distinct packages available / # ^ / # apk add git (1/7) Installing ca-certificates (20190108-r0) (2/7) Installing nghttp2-libs (1.35.1-r0) (3/7) Installing libssh2 (1.8.0-r4) (4/7) Installing libcurl (7.64.0-r1) (5/7) Installing expat (2.2.6-r0) (6/7) Installing pcre2 (10.32-r1) (7/7) Installing git (2.20.1-r0) Executing busybox-1.29.3-r10.trigger Executing ca-certificates-20190108-r0.trigger OK: 20 MiB in 21 packages / # Now lets come out of it by Ctrl+P+Q and commit the changes
$ docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 620e1bcb5ab6 alpine "sh" 4 minutes ago Up 4 minutes keen_alba ttani [node4] (local) root@192.168.0.20 ~ $ docker commit -m "Added GIT" 620 ajeetraina/alpine-git sha256:9a8cd6c3bd8761013b2b932c58af2870f5637bfdf4227d7414073b0458ed0c54 [node4] (local) root@192.168.0.20 ~ $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE ajeetraina/alpine-git latest 9a8cd6c3bd87 11 seconds ago 31.2MB ubuntu latest 94e814e2efa8 3 days ago 88.9MB alpine 3.6 43773d1dba76 7 days ago 4.03MB alpine 3.7 6d1ef012b567 7 days ago 4.21MB alpine 3.8 dac705114996 7 days ago 4.41MB alpine 3.9 5cb3aa00f899 7 days ago 5.53MB alpine latest 5cb3aa00f899 7 days ago 5.53MB There you see a new image just created.
Time to tag the image
$ docker tag --help Usage: docker tag SOURCE_IMAGE[:TAG] TARGET_IMAGE[:TAG] Create a tag TARGET_IMAGE that refers to SOURCE_IMAGE [node4] (local) root@192.168.0.20 ~ $ docker tag ajeetraina/alpine-git:latest ajeetraina/alpine-git:1.0 $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE ajeetraina/alpine-git 1.0 9a8cd6c3bd87 2 minutes ago 31.2MB ajeetraina/alpine-git latest 9a8cd6c3bd87 2 minutes ago 31.2MB ubuntu latest 94e814e2efa8 3 days ago 88.9MB alpine 3.6 43773d1dba76 7 days ago 4.03MB alpine 3.7 6d1ef012b567 7 days ago 4.21MB alpine 3.8 dac705114996 7 days ago 4.41MB alpine 3.9 5cb3aa00f899 7 days ago 5.53MB alpine latest 5cb3aa00f899 7 days ago 5.53MB Pushing it to DockerHub
$ docker login Login with your Docker ID to push and pull images from Docker Hub. If you don't have a Docker ID, head over to https://hub.docker .com to create one. Username: ajeetraina Password: WARNING! Your password will be stored unencrypted in /root/.docker/config.json. Configure a credential helper to remove this warning. See https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/login/#credentials-store Login Succeeded [node4] (local) root@192.168.0.20 ~ $ docker push ajeetraina/alpine-git:1.0 The push refers to repository [docker.io/ajeetraina/alpine-git] 3846235f8c17: Pushed bcf2f368fe23: Mounted from library/alpine 1.0: digest: sha256:85d50f702e930db9e5b958387e667b7e26923f4de340534085cea184adb8411e size: 740 [node4] (local) root@192.168.0.20 ~