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Build a Custom FreeBSD Docker Image on FreeBSD

Added by Daniel Curtis over 7 years ago. Updated about 7 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Curtis
Category:
Jails / Containers
Target version:
FreeBSD 11
Start date:
07/09/2017
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
0.50 h
Spent time:
1.50 h

Description

This is a guide for building a custom FreeBSD Docker image on FreeBSD 11.

Build The Image

  • Create a working directory for the image:
    mkdir ~/freebsd11-custom && cd ~/freebsd11-custom
  • Download the components to add to the image:
    fetch https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/11.0-RELEASE/base.txz
fetch https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/11.0-RELEASE/lib32.txz
fetch https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/11.0-RELEASE/ports.txz
  • Create a Dockerfile:
    vi Dockerfile
    • And add the following:
      FROM scratch
ADD base.txz /
ADD lib32.txz /
ADD ports.txz /
CMD ["/bin/sh"]
  • Build the image:
    docker build -t freebsd11-custom .

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