Answer by Danyil Suhak for How to include files outside of Docker's build...
I only noticed that multiple build contexts were mentioned here when I decided to write the post.Here is my service from docker-compose: frontend: build: context: ./frontend additional_contexts: -...
View ArticleAnswer by Anatoly for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
My workaround for the issue. Looked for elegant solution that I won't need to reinvent every time when I build image, and decided to create the following build-docker.sh bash script:#!/bin/bash# Check...
View ArticleAnswer by 123 for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
Changing the build context is the way to go.If you have a .net core project and you still want to use the Visual Studio UI to debug/publish the project with docker than you can change the context by...
View ArticleAnswer by Sami Wood for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
I think as of earlier this year a feature was added in buildx to do just this.If you have dockerfile 1.4+ and buildx 0.8+ you can do something like this:docker buildx build --build-context othersource=...
View ArticleAnswer by isca for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
This behavior is given by the context directory that the docker or podman uses to present the files to the build process.A nice trick here is by changing the context dir during the building instruction...
View ArticleAnswer by Seyed Mostafa SeyedAshoor for How to include files outside of...
I was personally confused by some answers, so decided to explain it simply.You should pass the context, you have specified in Dockerfile, to docker whenwant to create image.I always select root of...
View ArticleAnswer by jrasm91 for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
How to share typescript code between two DockerfilesI had this same problem, but for sharing files between two typescript projects. Some of the other answers didn't work for me because I needed to...
View ArticleAnswer by Trevor Boyd Smith for How to include files outside of Docker's...
Create a wrapper docker build shell script that grabs the file then calls docker build then removes the file.a simple solution not mentioned anywhere here from my quick skim:have a wrapper script...
View ArticleAnswer by fde-capu for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
Workaround with links:ln path/to/file/outside/context/file_to_copy ./file_to_copyOn Dockerfile, simply:COPY file_to_copy /path/to/file
View ArticleAnswer by Rocksn17 for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
As is described in this GitHub issue the build actually happens in /tmp/docker-12345, so a relative path like ../relative-add/some-file is relative to /tmp/docker-12345. It would thus search for...
View ArticleAnswer by Daniel Katz for How to include files outside of Docker's build...
In my case, my Dockerfile is written like a template containing placeholders which I'm replacing with real value using my configuration file.So I couldn't specify this file directly but pipe it into...
View ArticleAnswer by user1007074 for How to include files outside of Docker's build...
One quick and dirty way is to set the build context up as many levels as you need - but this can have consequences.If you're working in a microservices architecture that looks like...
View ArticleAnswer by Ben Wex for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
An easy workaround might be to simply mount the volume (using the -v or --mount flag) to the container when you run it and access the files that way.example:docker run -v...
View ArticleAnswer by Kris Rivera for How to include files outside of Docker's build...
Using docker-compose, I accomplished this by creating a service that mounts the volumes that I need and committing the image of the container. Then, in the subsequent service, I rely on the previously...
View ArticleAnswer by Annulet Consulting for How to include files outside of Docker's...
I had this same issue with a project and some data files that I wasn't able to move inside the repo context for HIPAA reasons. I ended up using 2 Dockerfiles. One builds the main application without...
View ArticleAnswer by Marcello DeSales for How to include files outside of Docker's build...
I spent a good time trying to figure out a good pattern and how to better explain what's going on with this feature support. I realized that the best way to explain it was as follows...Dockerfile: Will...
View ArticleAnswer by aaron for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
I often find myself utilizing the --build-arg option for this purpose. For example after putting the following in the Dockerfile:ARG SSH_KEYRUN echo "$SSH_KEY"> /root/.ssh/id_rsaYou can just...
View ArticleAnswer by Anshuman Manral for How to include files outside of Docker's build...
I believe the simpler workaround would be to change the 'context' itself. So, for example, instead of giving:docker build -t hello-demo-app .which sets the current directory as the context, let's say...
View ArticleAnswer by Laurent Picquet for How to include files outside of Docker's build...
You can also create a tarball of what the image needs first and use that as your context.https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/build/#/tarball-contexts
View ArticleAnswer by Cyberwiz for How to include files outside of Docker's build context?
The best way to work around this is to specify the Dockerfile independently of the build context, using -f.For instance, this command will give the ADD command access to anything in your current...
View ArticleAnswer by Günter Zöchbauer for How to include files outside of Docker's build...
On Linux you can mount other directories instead of symlinking themmount --bind olddir newdirSee https://superuser.com/questions/842642 for more details.I don't know if something similar is available...
View ArticleAnswer by Usman Ismail for How to include files outside of Docker's build...
If you read the discussion in the issue 2745 not only docker may never support symlinks they may never support adding files outside your context. Seems to be a design philosophy that files that go into...
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How can I include files from outside of Docker's build context using the "ADD" command in the Docker file?From the Docker documentation:The path must be inside the context of the build; you cannot ADD...
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