docs/build/buildx/index.md

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Overview

Docker Buildx is a CLI plugin that extends the docker command with the full support of the features provided by Moby BuildKit{:target="blank" rel="noopener" class=""} builder toolkit. It provides the same user experience as docker build with many new features like creating scoped builder instances and building against multiple nodes concurrently.

Build with Buildx

To start a new build, run the command docker buildx build .

$ docker buildx build .
[+] Building 8.4s (23/32)
 => ...

Buildx builds using the BuildKit engine and does not require DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 environment variable to start the builds.

The docker buildx build command supports features available for docker build, including features such as outputs configuration, inline build caching, and specifying target platform. In addition, Buildx also supports new features that are not yet available for regular docker build like building manifest lists, distributed caching, and exporting build results to OCI image tarballs.

Buildx is flexible and can be run in different configurations that are exposed through various "drivers". Each driver defines how and where a build should run, and have different feature sets.

We currently support the following drivers:

• The docker driver (guide, reference)
• The docker-container driver (guide, reference)
• The kubernetes driver (guide, reference)
• The remote driver (guide)

For more information on drivers, see the drivers guide.

High-level build options with Bake

Check out our guide about Bake to get started with the docker buildx bake command.