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Version: 2.11 (deprecated)

docker

Options for interacting with Docker.

Backend: pants.backend.docker

Config section: [docker]

Basic options​

build_args​

--docker-build-args="[<shell_str>, <shell_str>, ...]"
PANTS_DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS
pants.toml
[docker]
build_args = [
    <shell_str>,
    <shell_str>,
    ...,
]
default: []

Global build arguments (for Docker --build-arg options) to use for all docker build invocations.

Entries are either strings in the form ARG_NAME=value to set an explicit value; or just ARG_NAME to copy the value from Pants's own environment.

Example:

[docker]
build_args = ["VAR1=value", "VAR2"]

Use the extra_build_args field on a docker_image target for additional image specific build arguments.

build_target_stage​

--docker-build-target-stage=<str>
PANTS_DOCKER_BUILD_TARGET_STAGE
pants.toml
[docker]
build_target_stage = <str>
default: None

Global default value for target_stage on docker_image targets, overriding the field value on the targets, if there is a matching stage in the Dockerfile.

This is useful to provide from the command line, to specify the target stage to build for at execution time.

build_verbose​

--[no-]docker-build-verbose
PANTS_DOCKER_BUILD_VERBOSE
pants.toml
[docker]
build_verbose = <bool>
default: False

Whether to log the Docker output to the console. If false, only the image ID is logged.

default_context_root​

--docker-default-context-root=<workspace_path>
PANTS_DOCKER_DEFAULT_CONTEXT_ROOT
pants.toml
[docker]
default_context_root = <workspace_path>
default:

Provide a default Docker build context root path for docker_image targets that does not specify their own context_root field.

The context root is relative to the build root by default, but may be prefixed with ./ to be relative to the directory of the BUILD file of the docker_image.

Examples:

--default-context-root=src/docker
--default-context-root=./relative_to_the_build_file

default_repository​

--docker-default-repository=<str>
PANTS_DOCKER_DEFAULT_REPOSITORY
pants.toml
[docker]
default_repository = <str>
default: {name}

Configure the default repository name used in the Docker image tag.

The value is formatted and may reference these variables (in addition to the normal placeheolders derived from the Dockerfile and build args etc):

  • name
  • directory
  • parent_directory

Example: --default-repository="{directory}/{name}".

The name variable is the docker_image's target name, directory and parent_directory are the name of the directory in which the BUILD file is for the target, and its parent directory respectively.

Use the repository field to set this value directly on a docker_image target. Any registries or tags are added to the image name as required, and should not be part of the repository name.

registries​

--docker-registries="{'key1': val1, 'key2': val2, ...}"
PANTS_DOCKER_REGISTRIES
pants.toml
[docker.registries]
key1 = val1
key2 = val2
...
default: {}

Configure Docker registries. The schema for a registry entry is as follows:

{
    "registry-alias": {
        "address": "registry-domain:port",
        "default": bool,
    },
    ...
}

If no registries are provided in a docker_image target, then all default addresses will be used, if any. The docker_image.registries may be provided with a list of registry addresses and registry aliases prefixed with @ to be used instead of the defaults. A configured registry is marked as default either by setting default = true or with an alias of "default".

run_args​

--docker-run-args="[<shell_str>, <shell_str>, ...]"
PANTS_DOCKER_RUN_ARGS
pants.toml
[docker]
run_args = [
    <shell_str>,
    <shell_str>,
    ...,
]
default: []

Additional arguments to use for docker run invocations.

Example:

$ /home/josh/work/scie-pants/dist/pants run --docker-run-args="-p 127.0.0.1:80:8080/tcp --name demo" src/example:image -- [image entrypoint args]

To provide the top-level options to the docker client, use [docker].env_vars to configure the Environment variables as appropriate.

The arguments for the image entrypoint may be passed on the command line after a double dash (--), or using the --run-args option.

Defaults to --interactive --tty when stdout is connected to a terminal.

Advanced options​

env_vars​

--docker-env-vars="[<shell_str>, <shell_str>, ...]"
PANTS_DOCKER_ENV_VARS
pants.toml
[docker]
env_vars = [
    <shell_str>,
    <shell_str>,
    ...,
]
default: []

Environment variables to set for docker invocations.

Entries are either strings in the form ENV_VAR=value to set an explicit value; or just ENV_VAR to copy the value from Pants's own environment.

executable_search_paths​

--docker-executable-search-paths="[<binary-paths>, <binary-paths>, ...]"
PANTS_DOCKER_EXECUTABLE_SEARCH_PATHS
pants.toml
[docker]
executable_search_paths = [
    <binary-paths>,
    <binary-paths>,
    ...,
]
default: 
[
  "<PATH>"
]

The PATH value that will be used to find the Docker client and any tools required.

The special string "<PATH>" will expand to the contents of the PATH env var.

tools​

--docker-tools="['<str>', '<str>', ...]"
PANTS_DOCKER_TOOLS
pants.toml
[docker]
tools = [
    '<str>',
    '<str>',
    ...,
]
default: []

List any additional executable tools required for Docker to work. The paths to these tools will be included in the PATH used in the execution sandbox, so that they may be used by the Docker client.

Deprecated options​

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