% 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]] [--help] [-c|--change[= []]] [-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”)
-c , --change=[] Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while committing the image Supported Dockerfile instructions: CMD|ENTRYPOINT|ENV|EXPOSE|ONBUILD|USER|VOLUME|WORKDIR
--help Print usage statement
-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
If an existing container was created without the DEBUG environment variable set to “true”, you can create a new image based on that container by first getting the container's ID with docker ps and then running:
# docker commit -c="ENV DEBUG true" 98bd7fc99854 debug-image
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 Oct 2014, updated by Daniel, Dao Quang Minh