dagger/docs/reference/docker/README.md

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sidebar_label: docker
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# alpha.dagger.io/docker

Docker container operations

```cue
import "alpha.dagger.io/docker"
```

## docker.#Build

Build a Docker image from source

### docker.#Build Inputs

| Name             | Type                  | Description                     |
| -------------    |:-------------:        |:-------------:                  |
|*source*          | `dagger.#Artifact`    |Build context                    |
|*dockerfile*      | `*null \| string`     |Dockerfile passed as a string    |

### docker.#Build Outputs

_No output._

## docker.#Command

A container image that can run any docker command

### docker.#Command Inputs

| Name             | Type              | Description          |
| -------------    |:-------------:    |:-------------:       |
|*command*         | `string`          |Command to execute    |
|*registries*      | `[]`              |Image registries      |

### docker.#Command Outputs

_No output._

## docker.#Load

Load a docker image into a docker engine

### docker.#Load Inputs

| Name                | Type                                 | Description                                          |
| -------------       |:-------------:                       |:-------------:                                       |
|*tag*                | `string`                             |Name and optionally a tag in the 'name:tag' format    |
|*source*             | `dagger.#Artifact`                   |Image source                                          |
|*load.command*       | `"docker load -i /src/image.tar"`    |Command to execute                                    |
|*load.registries*    | `[]`                                 |Image registries                                      |

### docker.#Load Outputs

| Name             | Type              | Description        |
| -------------    |:-------------:    |:-------------:     |
|*ref*             | `string`          |Image ref           |
|*digest*          | `string`          |Image digest        |

## docker.#Pull

Pull a docker container

### docker.#Pull Inputs

| Name             | Type              | Description                                             |
| -------------    |:-------------:    |:-------------:                                          |
|*from*            | `string`          |Remote ref (example: "index.docker.io/alpine:latest")    |

### docker.#Pull Outputs

_No output._

## docker.#Push

Push a docker image to a remote registry

### docker.#Push Inputs

| Name             | Type                  | Description                                                |
| -------------    |:-------------:        |:-------------:                                             |
|*target*          | `string`              |Remote target (example: "index.docker.io/alpine:latest")    |
|*source*          | `dagger.#Artifact`    |Image source                                                |

### docker.#Push Outputs

| Name             | Type              | Description        |
| -------------    |:-------------:    |:-------------:     |
|*ref*             | `string`          |Image ref           |
|*digest*          | `string`          |Image digest        |

## docker.#Run

### docker.#Run Inputs

| Name                  | Type              | Description                           |
| -------------         |:-------------:    |:-------------:                        |
|*ref*                  | `string`          |Image reference (e.g: nginx:alpine)    |
|*run.command*          | `"""\n            # Run detach container\n                OPTS=""\n    \n    if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_NAME" ]; then\n    \tOPTS="$OPTS --name $CONTAINER_NAME"\n    fi\n    \n    if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_PORTS" ]; then\n    \tOPTS="$OPTS -p $CONTAINER_PORTS"\n    fi\n    \n    docker container run -d $OPTS "$IMAGE_REF"\n    """`    |Command to execute    |
|*run.env.IMAGE_REF*    | `string`          |-                                      |
|*run.registries*       | `[]`              |Image registries                       |

### docker.#Run Outputs

_No output._