I have a source code and I want to add it into docker image using Dockerfile. I use COPY command, but I don't know what I should put in destination place. Can you tell me if destination is a specific directory or it is optional?
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Which docker image you are using?Arora20– Arora202017-12-23 10:38:41 +00:00Commented Dec 23, 2017 at 10:38
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The destination directory can be a directory of your choice.
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RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
COPY ./src /usr/src/app
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The above commands in a Dockerfile would create /usr/src/app in the containers filesystem and the COPY would copy the contents of the src directory on the host to /usr/src/app in the containers filesystem.
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You can use any destination path , but make sure that path exist for example
COPY source_code / opt/folder_name
Then optionally you can make this in docker as working directory
WORKDIR /opt/folder_name
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its not WORDIR. its WORKDIR
WORKDIR /opt/folder_namein Dockerfile:
COPY ./src /dst
Where src is a folder in the same path of Dockerfile on the host (the computer on which Docker is directly running). dst is a folder on the container itself.
Here is an example:
Create a Dockerfile for an ASP.NET Core application
# Copy everything
COPY . /FolderInTheContainer/
this will copy everything in the same path of Dockerfile, to a destination folder in the container.
Here is dockerfile copy documentation:
answered Dec 23, 2017 at 12:48
Mohammed Noureldin
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