% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014
docker-commit - Create a new image from a container's changes
docker commit [-a|--author[=AUTHOR]] [-m|--message[=MESSAGE]] [-p|--pause[=true]] CONTAINER [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
Using an existing container's name or ID you can create a new image.
-a, --author="" Author (e.g., “John Hannibal Smith hannibal@a-team.com”)
-m, --message="" Commit message
-p, --pause=true|false Pause container during commit. The default is true.
An existing Fedora based container has had Apache installed while running in interactive mode with the bash shell. Apache is also running. To create a new image run docker ps to find the container's ID and then run:
# docker commit -m="Added Apache to Fedora base image" \ -a="A D Ministrator" 98bd7fc99854 fedora/fedora_httpd:20
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and in June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au July 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au