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Dockerfile

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈdɑːkərfaɪl/nounCommon term

In software engineering, Dockerfile means: A text file with step-by-step instructions, such as FROM, COPY and RUN, that Docker follows to build a container image.

In Turkish: Dockerfile, Docker yapılandırma dosyası

How it is used

Usually named exactly 'Dockerfile', with a capital D and no extension, in the project's root folder. Engineers write, review and optimize Dockerfiles; multi-stage builds keep final images small.

Example sentences

  1. Add the new dependency to the Dockerfile, or the image won't build in CI.

  2. I rewrote the Dockerfile as a multi-stage build, and the image went from 1 GB to 150 MB.

Common collocations

  • write a Dockerfile
  • multi-stage Dockerfile
  • Dockerfile instruction
  • base image
  • DockerA widely used platform for building container images and running containers. It made containers popular after its release in 2013.
  • container imageA read-only package with an application, its libraries and settings, used as the template from which containers are started.
  • container registryA storage service for container images, where pipelines push new images and servers or clusters pull them when they need to run them.
  • buildThe process of turning source code into a program or package that can run, or the result of that process. Also a verb: to build the project.

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