Devs should not manually write Dockerfiles
By Fabian Brash
Another quick one.
So I just learned about a new feature in Docker Desktop in which Docker Desktop can create a Dockerfile just by examining the code in your directory tree, which is pretty cool, so I updated my version of Docker Desktop to take advantage of this new feature, and it re-enforced my belief that Devs should not manually create Dockerfiles.
Let’s have a look at the output from the command
docker init
# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
# Comments are provided throughout this file to help you get started.
# If you need more help, visit the Dockerfile reference guide at
# https://docs.docker.com/go/dockerfile-reference/
# Want to help us make this template better? Share your feedback here: https://forms.gle/ybq9Krt8jtBL3iCk7
################################################################################
# Create a stage for resolving and downloading dependencies.
FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk-jammy as deps
WORKDIR /build
# Copy the mvnw wrapper with executable permissions.
COPY --chmod=0755 mvnw mvnw
COPY .mvn/ .mvn/
# Download dependencies as a separate step to take advantage of Docker's caching.
# Leverage a cache mount to /root/.m2 so that subsequent builds don't have to
# re-download packages.
RUN --mount=type=bind,source=pom.xml,target=pom.xml \
--mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2 ./mvnw dependency:go-offline -DskipTests
################################################################################
# Create a stage for building the application based on the stage with downloaded dependencies.
# This Dockerfile is optimized for Java applications that output an uber jar, which includes
# all the dependencies needed to run your app inside a JVM. If your app doesn't output an uber
# jar and instead relies on an application server like Apache Tomcat, you'll need to update this
# stage with the correct filename of your package and update the base image of the "final" stage
# use the relevant app server, e.g., using tomcat (https://hub.docker.com/_/tomcat/) as a base image.
FROM deps as package
WORKDIR /build
COPY ./src src/
RUN --mount=type=bind,source=pom.xml,target=pom.xml \
--mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2 \
./mvnw package -DskipTests && \
mv target/$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.artifactId -q -DforceStdout)-$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout).jar target/app.jar
################################################################################
# Create a stage for extracting the application into separate layers.
# Take advantage of Spring Boot's layer tools and Docker's caching by extracting
# the packaged application into separate layers that can be copied into the final stage.
# See Spring's docs for reference:
# https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/container-images.html
FROM package as extract
WORKDIR /build
RUN java -Djarmode=layertools -jar target/app.jar extract --destination target/extracted
################################################################################
# Create a new stage for running the application that contains the minimal
# runtime dependencies for the application. This often uses a different base
# image from the install or build stage where the necessary files are copied
# from the install stage.
#
# The example below uses eclipse-turmin's JRE image as the foundation for running the app.
# By specifying the "17-jre-jammy" tag, it will also use whatever happens to be the
# most recent version of that tag when you build your Dockerfile.
# If reproducability is important, consider using a specific digest SHA, like
# eclipse-temurin@sha256:99cede493dfd88720b610eb8077c8688d3cca50003d76d1d539b0efc8cca72b4.
FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jre-jammy AS final
# Create a non-privileged user that the app will run under.
# See https://docs.docker.com/go/dockerfile-user-best-practices/
ARG UID=10001
RUN adduser \
--disabled-password \
--gecos "" \
--home "/nonexistent" \
--shell "/sbin/nologin" \
--no-create-home \
--uid "${UID}" \
appuser
USER appuser
# Copy the executable from the "package" stage.
COPY --from=extract build/target/extracted/dependencies/ ./
COPY --from=extract build/target/extracted/spring-boot-loader/ ./
COPY --from=extract build/target/extracted/snapshot-dependencies/ ./
COPY --from=extract build/target/extracted/application/ ./
EXPOSE 8080
ENTRYPOINT [ "java", "org.springframework.boot.loader.launch.JarLauncher" ]