docker_build function

Build image on an instance from a local Dockerfile

Uploads a folder with a Dockerfile and supporting files to an instance and builds it

docker_build(host = localhost, dockerfolder, new_image,
  folder = "buildimage", wait = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

• host: A host object.
• dockerfolder: Local location of build directory including valid Dockerfile
• new_image: Name of the new image
• folder: Where on host to build dockerfile
• wait: Whether to block R console until finished build
• ...: Other arguments passed to the SSH command for the host

Returns

A table of active images on the instance

Details

Dockerfiles are best practice when creating your own docker images, rather than logging into a Docker container, making changes and committing.

Examples

## Not run:

docker_build(localhost, "/home/stuff/dockerfolder" ,"new_image", wait = TRUE)
docker_run(localhost, "new_image")
## End(Not run)

See Also

Best practices for writing Dockerfiles

An example Dockerfile for rOpensci

General R Docker images found at rocker-org