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Set Default Working Directory

22 Jul 2020

Create Dockerfile

WORKDIR sets the default working directory of an image. If the directory does not already exist it will be created.

# Build from base image
FROM ubuntu:latest

# Set default working directory
WORKDIR "/projects/super-secret-project"

Build Image From Dockerfile

Build the Dockerfile (docker build) in the current directory (.) and call the image chrisalbon/ubuntu:super-secret (--tag chrisalbon/big-project:super-secret).

docker build --tag chrisalbon/big-project:super-secret .

Sending build context to Docker daemon  2.048kB
Step 1/2 : FROM ubuntu:latest
 ---> 1e4467b07108
Step 2/2 : WORKDIR "/projects/super-secret-project"
 ---> Running in a8351b81583a
Removing intermediate container a8351b81583a
 ---> 06d74fe681a4
Successfully built 06d74fe681a4
Successfully tagged chrisalbon/big-project:super-secret

Run Docker Container From Image

Start and create (docker run) an interative (-it) Docker container called super-secret-project (--name super-secret-project) from the image called chrisalbon/big-project:super-secret. Open a bash shell (/bin/bash). Remove the container after it stops (-rm).

docker container run -it --name super-secret-project chrisalbon/big-project:super-secret /bin/bash

[email protected]:/projects/super-secret-project#

Print Working Directory

pwd

/projects/super-secret-project