acr-builder

ACR builder

Build

Run docker build --rm -t acr-builder .. Note that acr-builder is intended to be used as a docker image.

Example

This project can be built using acr-builder itself, assuming you have a valid acr-builder image named acr-builder. Running ./scripts/run-build.sh will rebuild the acr-docker image as acr-builder.

Note that the file ./scripts/run-build.sh is a convenience script and can be run on its own. You should be able to run it on its own.

Assuming you have the following:

• ACR builder image named acr-builder
• Your project has a Dockerfile on its base directory
• You are currently authenticated to a target registry named <registry>

Run the following on your project directory to build the project and push to a desired registry:

./run-build.sh --working-dir <source-dir> --push --docker-registry <registry>

Required Parameters

• N/A for now.

Conditional or Optional parameters

• --docker-registry The docker registry to push to. This parameter will populate the ACR_BUILD_DOCKER_REGISTRY reserved environment variable (see Build Environment). Registry is required if the --push option is present.
• --docker-user The username for the docker registry specified above.
• --docker-password The password or token for registry specified above.
• -f Dockerfile to be used for building. If specified, the argument value can be a full path or a relative path to the source repository root. Otherwise, Dockerfile will be used.
• -t Image name to build to. It must be used alongside --dockerfile if push is required. Registry URL must be excluded from the image name parameter.
• -c Docker build context
• --docker-build-arg Build arguments to be passed to docker build. This parameter can be specified multiple times.
• --docker-secret-build-arg Build arguments to be passed to docker build. The argument value contains a secret which will be hidden from the log. This parameter can be specified multiple times.
• --build-env Custom environment variables defined for the build process. This parameter can be specified multiple times. (For more details, see Build Environment).
• --push Specify if push is required if build is successful.
• --pull Attempt to pull a newer version of the base images if it's already cached locally.
• --no-cache Not using any cached layer when building the image.
• --verbose Enable verbose output for debugging.

Build Environment

You can set an environment variable with --build-env <VAR_NAME>=<VAR_VALUE> and the builder will be aware of an environment variable throughout the build (the same goes for all child processes). ACR builder has a set of reserved environment variables such as ACR_BUILD_DOCKER_REGISTRY mentioned in the parameters paragraph. You can set them by passing in the optional parameter --docker-registry and they can't be overridden with --build-env.

Furthermore, ACR builder also populates the following variables during build so the child process can make use of these values:

• ACR_BUILD_TIMESTAMP Timestamp of where the build start in ISO format.
• ACR_BUILD_PUSH_IMAGES Indicates whether or not the current build will push on success.