ch-build1

Usage

$ ch-build [-b BUILDER] [--builder-info] -t TAG [ARGS ...] CONTEXT

Overview

Build an image named TAG described by a Dockerfile. Place the result into the builder’s back-end storage.

Using this script is not required for a working Charliecloud image. You can also use any builder that can produce a Linux filesystem tree directly, whether or not it is in the list below. However, this script hides the vagaries of making the supported builders work smoothly with Charliecloud and adds some conveniences (e.g., pass HTTP proxy environment variables to the build environment if the builder doesn’t do this by default).

Supported builders, unprivileged:

Supported builders, privileged:

Specifying the builder, in descending order of priority:

Other arguments:

Additional arguments are accepted and passed unchanged to the underlying builder.

Examples

Create an image tagged foo and specified by the file Dockerfile located in the context directory. Use /bar as the Docker context directory. Use the default builder.

$ ch-build -t foo /bar

Equivalent to above:

$ ch-build -t foo --file=/bar/Dockerfile /bar

Instead, use /bar/Dockerfile.baz:

$ ch-build -t foo --file=/bar/Dockerfile.baz /bar

Equivalent to the first example, but use ch-image even if Docker is installed:

$ ch-build -b ch-image -t foo /bar

Equivalent to above:

$ export CH_BUILDER=ch-image
$ ch-build -t foo /bar