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title: Create a base image
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description: Learn about base images and how they're created
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keywords: images, base image, examples
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aliases:
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- /articles/baseimages/
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- /engine/articles/baseimages/
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- /engine/userguide/eng-image/baseimages/
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- /develop/develop-images/baseimages/
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---
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Most Dockerfiles start from a parent image. If you need to completely control
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the contents of your image, you might need to create a base image instead.
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Here's the difference:
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- A [parent image](../../glossary.md#parent-image) is the image that your
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image is based on. It refers to the contents of the `FROM` directive in the
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Dockerfile. Each subsequent declaration in the Dockerfile modifies this parent
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image. Most Dockerfiles start from a parent image, rather than a base image.
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However, the terms are sometimes used interchangeably.
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- A [base image](../../glossary.md#base-image) has `FROM scratch` in its Dockerfile.
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This topic shows you several ways to create a base image. The specific process
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will depend heavily on the Linux distribution you want to package. We have some
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examples below, and you are encouraged to submit pull requests to contribute new
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ones.
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## Create a full image using tar
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In general, start with a working machine that is running
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the distribution you'd like to package as a parent image, though that is
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not required for some tools like Debian's [Debootstrap](https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap),
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which you can also use to build Ubuntu images.
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It can be as simple as this to create an Ubuntu parent image:
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$ sudo debootstrap focal focal > /dev/null
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$ sudo tar -C focal -c . | docker import - focal
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sha256:81ec9a55a92a5618161f68ae691d092bf14d700129093158297b3d01593f4ee3
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$ docker run focal cat /etc/lsb-release
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DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
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DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
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DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
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DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04 LTS"
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There are more example scripts for creating parent images in
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[the Docker GitHub repository](https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/contrib).
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## Create a simple parent image using scratch
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You can use Docker's reserved, minimal image, `scratch`, as a starting point for
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building containers. Using the `scratch` "image" signals to the build process
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that you want the next command in the `Dockerfile` to be the first filesystem
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layer in your image.
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While `scratch` appears in Docker's repository on the hub, you can't pull it,
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run it, or tag any image with the name `scratch`. Instead, you can refer to it
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in your `Dockerfile`. For example, to create a minimal container using
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`scratch`:
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```dockerfile
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# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
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FROM scratch
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ADD hello /
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CMD ["/hello"]
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```
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Assuming you built the `hello` executable example by using the source code at
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[https://github.com/docker-library/hello-world](https://github.com/docker-library/hello-world),
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and you compiled it with the `-static` flag, you can build this Docker
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image using this `docker build` command:
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```console
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$ docker build --tag hello .
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```
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Don't forget the `.` character at the end, which sets the [build context](../../build/building/context.md)
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to the current directory.
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> **Note**
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>
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> Because Docker Desktop for Mac and Docker Desktop for Windows use a Linux VM,
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> you need a Linux binary, rather than a Mac or Windows binary.
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> You can use a Docker container to build it:
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>
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> ```console
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> $ docker run --rm -it -v $PWD:/build ubuntu:20.04
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>
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> container# apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential
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> container# cd /build
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> container# gcc -o hello -static hello.c
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> ```
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To run your new image, use the `docker run` command:
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```console
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$ docker run --rm hello
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```
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This example creates the hello-world image used in the tutorials.
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If you want to test it out, you can clone [the image repo](https://github.com/docker-library/hello-world).
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## More resources
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There are lots of resources available to help you write your `Dockerfile`.
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* There's a [complete guide to all the instructions](../../engine/reference/builder.md) available for use in a `Dockerfile` in the reference section.
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* To help you write a clear, readable, maintainable `Dockerfile`, we've also
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written a [Dockerfile best practices guide](../../develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices.md).
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* If your goal is to create a new Docker Official Image, read [Docker Official Images](../../trusted-content/official-images.md).
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