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dockerubuntu-18.04
Venu
Venu

Reputation: 29

How do I download old official container images of Ubuntu?

When I pulled ubuntu:18.04 official image from docker hub, I got Ubuntu 18.04.4 image, but I want Ubuntu 18.04 base image. What is the way to download older official images like 18.04/18.04.1/18.04.2/18.04.3?

root@50d9e7e557b8:/BUILD# cat /etc/lsb-release | grep DESCRIPTION DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS"

Upvotes: 1

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Answers (2)

Venu
Venu

Reputation: 29

I am able to download container image corresponding to Ubuntu-18.04 without any updates, by following below stesp.

  1. Figured out that Ubuntu-18.04 was released on 26th Apr 2018 from http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/bionic/. Just checked the timestamp of ubuntu-18.04-server-amd64.iso file.

  2. Sorted ubuntu images on docker hub by name and figured out container image name corresponding to 18.04 GA is bionic-20180426 based on GA date of 18.04 release. Refer this link - https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu?tab=tags&page=2&ordering=-name.

  3. Pulled ubuntu:bionic-20180426 image, created an instance out of it and checked contents of lsb-release file.

    root@e7967ee0869d:/# cat /etc/lsb-release | grep DESCRIPTION

    DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04 LTS"

Upvotes: 1

Stivaros
Stivaros

Reputation: 119

Ultimately, you want to pull an image by digest, not by tag. However, I'm not sure how you'd figure out which digest you want. This is the commit history of the file that would contain that info.

Upvotes: 1

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