Docker images are used as the primary image in the Docker executor. They are the blueprints for containers, providing the instructions for how a container is spawned. In this post, I'm going to address a few often-overlooked concepts that will help with optimizing the Docker image development and build process.
How Do You Build a Docker Image?
Let's start with a brief description of the Docker build process. It is a process triggered by running the docker build command using the Docker CLI tool.
AWS EC2 Image Builder: Automating OS Image Build Pipelines
Automation continues to be a major growing trend in today’s cloud infrastructure landscape. Service providers like Amazon Web Services are integrating better, more advanced automation tools to make the life of administrators easier. Automation allows for workflows to be more efficient, especially with more tasks being executed without the need for human input.
Until very recently, however, some fundamental tasks couldn’t be automated. The creation and maintenance of operating system images is a good example. Admins have different approaches when it comes to creating and maintaining OS images for their development teams, but all of those approaches required a lot of manual work.