pdoherty926
pdoherty926

Reputation: 10379

Can I use a Github repository as the source of a Docker image?

Granted, I'm a complete noob with respect to the following, but I think I'm having trouble finding the answer to this question on my own because of the signal/noise based on the search terms docker image, github, etc.

So, concretely, my question is: can I use my forked version of the Rabbitmq official image's Github repository as the value for my FROM directive?

I've tried specifying every variation of the URL I can think of, but haven't had any luck (errors include Error: image ethagnawl/rabbitmq:latest not found, Error: image ethagnawl/rabbitmq:efb97a5171a3672c0c6f38d9127912d5fe753e27 not found).

Upvotes: 3

Views: 228

Answers (2)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1327774

Not directly.

You can build an image, following a similar Dockerfile as the one used for rabbitmq image: docker-library/rabbitmq/Dockerfile.

In your image, you can tweak the installation to match your need.
You can even call git clone commands in that Dockerfile, should you need a repo content in said image.

Then you can publish your own image on Docker Hub.

Upvotes: 2

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