| :title: Base Image Creation |
| :description: How to create base images |
| :keywords: Examples, Usage, base image, docker, documentation, examples |
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| .. _base_image_creation: |
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| Base Image Creation |
| =================== |
| |
| So you want to create your own :ref:`base_image_def`? Great! |
| |
| The specific process will depend heavily on the Linux distribution you |
| want to package. We have some examples below, and you are encouraged |
| to submit pull requests to contribute new ones. |
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| Getting Started |
| ............... |
| |
| In general, you'll want to start with a working machine that is |
| running the distribution you'd like to package as a base image, though |
| that is not required for some tools like Debian's `Debootstrap |
| <https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap>`_, which you can also use to |
| build Ubuntu images. |
| |
| It can be as simple as this to create an Ubuntu base image:: |
| |
| $ sudo debootstrap raring raring > /dev/null |
| $ sudo tar -C raring -c . | sudo docker import - raring |
| a29c15f1bf7a |
| $ sudo docker run raring cat /etc/lsb-release |
| DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu |
| DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04 |
| DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring |
| DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04" |
| |
| There are more example scripts for creating base images in the |
| Docker Github Repo: |
| |
| * `BusyBox <https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/blob/master/contrib/mkimage-busybox.sh>`_ |
| * `Debian |
| <https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/blob/master/contrib/mkimage-debian.sh>`_ |
