In this post, we are going to take a look at Jib, a tool from Google in order to create Docker images in an easy and fast way. No need to create a Docker file, no need to install a Docker daemon, Jib just runs out-of-the-box.
1. Introduction
Up until now, we have been using the dockerfile-maven-plugin from Spotify in order to build and push our Docker images. This requires us to write a Docker file, according to best practices, to install a Docker daemon and to add the plugin to our build process. Jib will provide us a more easy way to create our Docker images. We only need to add and configure the Maven plugin and that is about it. Of course, we only believe this when we have tried it ourselves, and that is exactly what we are going to do.