How to get started with DockerFiles?

[manuGil]

I am looking for way to gets started with DockerFiles ASAP. Where to you recommend to start? The Docker documentation?

[manuGil]

Suggestion:
Watch this 10 mins video on the basics of what a DockerFile is and how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQjaJINkQXY

For reference on possible commands, check these:

• DockerFile reference from Docker: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/
• A Cheatsheet: https://github.com/wsargent/docker-cheat-sheet#dockerfile

[jurra]

Hi @manuGil I believe this one can also be ver helpful: Best practices for writing docker file, also from the docker documentation website.

The jupyter stacks also share some best practices of building docker images, you can see how they build on different images as a stack and separate the images in different layers: https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks. Each folder has a different Dockerfile that builds upon other images.