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Creating your own Dockerfile

While it's possible to download images for many use cases, an image might not always meet your exact needs. In that case, you can create a new image based on an existing one that closely matches your requirements. Let's go through the steps to create a Dockerfile from scratch, build on top of an existing Ubuntu image, add your instructions, and then build it into a new image.

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    • Create a file called Dockerfile in the current working directory.
  • 2
    • Add the first instruction to the Dockerfile so that it will build on top of the ubuntu image.
  • 3
    • Add instructions to the Dockerfile so that it runs apt-get update and apt-get install -y python3 when building the Dockerfile.
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    • Using the terminal, run the command to build an image called my_python_image from the Dockerfile in your current working directory.