I want to pass a variable during build time and start the script with this argument on run. How do I do it?
Dockerfile
FROM alpine
ARG var
# ENV var=${var} # doesn't work
CMD ["echo", "${var}"]
# ENTRYPOINT ["echo", "$var"] # doesn't work
# ENTRYPOINT "echo" "$var" # doesn't work
Running:
docker run -t $(docker build --build-arg var=hello -q .)
Produces:
$var
Note: Unlike the shell form, the exec form does not invoke a command shell. This means that normal shell processing does not happen. For example, CMD [ "echo", "$HOME" ] will not do variable substitution on $HOME. If you want shell processing then either use the shell form or execute a shell directly, for example: CMD [ "sh", "-c", "echo $HOME" ]. When using the exec form and executing a shell directly, as in the case for the shell form, it is the shell that is doing the environment variable expansion, not docker.
In other words a correct Dockerfile would be:
FROM alpine
ARG var
ENV var $var
CMD echo $var
In order to build it correctly, you should run:
docker run -t $( docker build --build-arg=var=hello -q . )
