Docker context

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• https://docs.docker.com/engine/context/working-with-contexts/

(Since Jun 2020)

A build's context is the set of files located in the specified PATH or URL.

Default | remote | dind

docker context ls
docker context create
docker context create ecs
docker context create aci
docker context use
docker context use remote
docker context inspect
docker-compose ‐‐context remote up -d

export DOCKER_HOST=$(docker context inspect --format 'Template:.Endpoints.docker.Host')

docker context --help

Related terms

• docker build
• Docker compose for amazon ECS (Nov 2020)

See also

• docker context
• Docker: docker-compose, Docker Desktop, Docker Scout, Docker Swarm, Docker Volumes, Docker images management, docker network, docker inspect, docker volume inspect, Dockerfile, Docker Engine release notes,docker kill, moby, Docker-in-Docker, docker context, buildx, docker tag, docker system prune, Docker Hub, hub-tool, /etc/docker/daemon.json, hostconfig.json, dockerd, logs, Docker logging, Backup, docker service, depends on, --dns, --filter, --mount, docker login, docker build, apt remove docker.io, .dockerignore, docker context ls | docker-machine, .docker/, PWD, $HOME/.docker/config.json, Docker ID, --env-file, docker --help

https://docs.docker.com/compose/release-notes/#1260