How to name Dockerfiles

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I m unsure of how to name Dockerfiles  Many on GitHub use Dockerfile without a file extension  Do I give them a name and extension  if so what  Or do I just call them Dockerfile

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I know this is an old question  with quite a few answers  but I was surprised to find that no one was suggesting the naming convention used in the official documentation     docker build -f dockerfiles Dockerfile debug -t myapp debug     docker build -f dockerfiles Dockerfile prod  -t myapp prod    The above commands will build the current build context  as specified by the    twice  once using a debug version of a Dockerfile and once using a production version   In summary  if you have a file called Dockerfile in the root of your build context it will be automatically picked up  If you need more than one Dockerfile for the same build context  the suggested naming convention is  Dockerfile  lt purpose gt   These dockerfiles could be in the root of your build context or in a subdirectory to keep your root directory more tidy

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It seems this is true but  personally  it seems to me to be poor design   Sure  have a default name  with extension  but allow other names and have a way of specifying the name of the docker file for commands   Having an extension is also nice because it allows one to associate applications to that extension type   When I click on a Dockerfile in MacOSX it treats it as a Unix executable and tries to run it   If Docker files had an extension I could tell the OS to start them with a particular application  e g  my text editor application   I m not sure but the current behaviour may also be related to the file permisssions

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Dockerfile is good if you only have one docker file  per-directory   You can use whatever standard you want if you need multiple docker files in the same directory -  if you have a good reason  In a recent project there were AWS docker files and local dev environment files because the environments differed enough   Dockerfile  Dockerfile aws

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If you want to use the autobuilder at hub docker com  it has to be Dockerfile   So there

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I think you should have a directory per container with a Dockerfile  no extension  in it  For example      db Dockerfile    web Dockerfile    api Dockerfile   When you build just use the directory name  Docker will find the Dockerfile  e g   docker build -f   db

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I have created two Dockerfiles in same directory     vi one Dockerfile   vi two Dockerfile   to build both Dockerfiles use     docker build   -f one Dockerfile   docker build   -f two Dockerfile   Note  you should be in present working directory

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Don t change the name of the dockerfile if you want to use the autobuilder at hub docker com  Don t use an extension for docker files  leave it null  File name should just be   no extension at all  Dockerfile

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Do I give them a name and extension  if so what    You may name your Dockerfiles however you like  The default filename is Dockerfile  without an extension   and using the default can make various tasks easier while working with containers   Depending on your specific requirements you may wish to change the filename  If you re building for multiple architectures  for example  you may wish to add an extension indicating the architecture as the resin io team has done for the HAProxy container their multi-container ARM example   Dockerfile aarch64 Dockerfile amd64 Dockerfile armhf Dockerfile armv7hf Dockerfile i386 Dockerfile i386-nlp Dockerfile rpi   In the example provided  each Dockerfile builds from a different  architecture-specific  upstream image  The specific Dockerfile to use for the build may be specified using the --file  -f option when building your container using the command line

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dev Dockerfile  test Dockerfile  build Dockerfile etc   On VS Code I use  lt purpose gt  Dockerfile and it gets recognized correctly

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Dockerfile  custom name and folder       docker app Dockerfile    docker nginx Dockerfile   Build      docker build  -f   docker app Dockerfile      docker build  -f   docker nginx Dockerfile

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