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I am very new to docker and am trying to import my AWS EC2 AMI into a docker image. The image is a m2 linux image.

I have also setup a private docker hub(artifactory) to which I intend to push the image and make it available for consumption. What are the steps for importing AMI into docker image without starting from a base image and updating.

Pointers to any explanation would work too.

docker dockerfile dockerhub docker-registry

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I am very new to docker and am trying to import my AWS EC2 AMI into a docker image. The image is a m2 linux image.

I have also setup a private docker hub(artifactory) to which I intend to push the image and make it available for consumption. What are the steps for importing AMI into docker image without starting from a base image and updating.

Pointers to any explanation would work too.

docker dockerfile dockerhub docker-registry

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I am very new to docker and am trying to import my AWS EC2 AMI into a docker image. The image is a m2 linux image.

I have also setup a private docker hub(artifactory) to which I intend to push the image and make it available for consumption. What are the steps for importing AMI into docker image without starting from a base image and updating.

Pointers to any explanation would work too.

docker dockerfile dockerhub docker-registry

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Here is how I did it.

• On source AMI locate root volume snapshot id in the description

/dev/sda1=snap-eb79b0b1:15:true:gp2

• Launch instance with public Ubuntu 14.04 AMI




• Create volume from snapshot snap-eb79b0b1 (in the same region that the instance runs).




• Attach volume to the instance as /dev/sdf




• mount volume to /mnt

mount /dev/xvdf /mnt

(or)

mount /dev/xvdf1 /mnt

• install docker

https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/ubuntulinux/

• import docker image from mounted root volume

tar -c -C /mnt/ . | docker import - appcimage-master-1454216413

• run

docker run -t -i 6d6614111fcb03d5ca79541b8a23955202dfda74995d968b5ffb5d45c7e68da9 /bin/bash

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:22

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  Couple comments 1) mount /dev/xvdf1 /mnt 2) Docker install with script docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/…
  
  – Neftanic
  Aug 30 '17 at 18:47
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This answer totally worked. However, I'm unable to run a container from this image. How did you do it?
  
  – Keith Harris
  Oct 22 '18 at 5:38
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I can't run it as well, does this answer still work? Or amazon modify something?
  
  – Coda Chang
  May 29 at 21:54
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

Docker can create an image from a tar file using the docker import command. From the documentation:

Usage: docker import URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]

Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball 
(.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally
tag it.

So you should be able to create a tar archive from your AMI image and then feed that to docker.

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '18 at 15:48

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answered Mar 29 '15 at 1:54

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  'So you should be able to create a tar archive from your AMI image and then feed that to docker.' - how do I do that, I don't see an option in AWS to convert your AMI to tar ball.
  
  – Scooby
  Mar 29 '15 at 17:54
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You could boot an instance from that particular AMI and then run tar inside the instance, for example.
  
  – larsks
  Mar 29 '15 at 17:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What does run tar inside the instance mean ? I would still need to throw something at tar.
  
  – Scooby
  Mar 30 '15 at 0:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Scooby I would mount the target EBS volumen you want to dockerify as a non-boot volume on another instance. Then a syntax like tar -czvf drive-image.tgz /media/my-external-drive, assuming you mounted the volume at /media/my-external-drive and you have enough disk space on the root volume to hold the tar file.
  
  – Mark Stosberg
  Sep 16 '15 at 13:48
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

When creating the tar file cd to the directory and tar the tree from there.

cd /media/my-external-drive
tar -czvf /tmp/drive-image.tgz

And then to create the image ...
docker import /tmp/drive-image.tgz

This allows the dockerized container to create the correct paths when you run it.

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '15 at 0:04

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16

Here is how I did it.

• On source AMI locate root volume snapshot id in the description

/dev/sda1=snap-eb79b0b1:15:true:gp2

• Launch instance with public Ubuntu 14.04 AMI




• Create volume from snapshot snap-eb79b0b1 (in the same region that the instance runs).




• Attach volume to the instance as /dev/sdf




• mount volume to /mnt

mount /dev/xvdf /mnt

(or)

mount /dev/xvdf1 /mnt

• install docker

https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/ubuntulinux/

• import docker image from mounted root volume

tar -c -C /mnt/ . | docker import - appcimage-master-1454216413

• run

docker run -t -i 6d6614111fcb03d5ca79541b8a23955202dfda74995d968b5ffb5d45c7e68da9 /bin/bash

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:22

Akira Yamamoto

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answered Feb 1 '16 at 7:18

user2153517user2153517

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Couple comments 1) mount /dev/xvdf1 /mnt 2) Docker install with script docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/…
  
  – Neftanic
  Aug 30 '17 at 18:47
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This answer totally worked. However, I'm unable to run a container from this image. How did you do it?
  
  – Keith Harris
  Oct 22 '18 at 5:38
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I can't run it as well, does this answer still work? Or amazon modify something?
  
  – Coda Chang
  May 29 at 21:54
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

16

Here is how I did it.

• On source AMI locate root volume snapshot id in the description

/dev/sda1=snap-eb79b0b1:15:true:gp2

• Launch instance with public Ubuntu 14.04 AMI




• Create volume from snapshot snap-eb79b0b1 (in the same region that the instance runs).




• Attach volume to the instance as /dev/sdf




• mount volume to /mnt

mount /dev/xvdf /mnt

(or)

mount /dev/xvdf1 /mnt

• install docker

https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/ubuntulinux/

• import docker image from mounted root volume

tar -c -C /mnt/ . | docker import - appcimage-master-1454216413

• run

docker run -t -i 6d6614111fcb03d5ca79541b8a23955202dfda74995d968b5ffb5d45c7e68da9 /bin/bash

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:22

Akira Yamamoto

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answered Feb 1 '16 at 7:18

user2153517user2153517

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Couple comments 1) mount /dev/xvdf1 /mnt 2) Docker install with script docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/…
  
  – Neftanic
  Aug 30 '17 at 18:47
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This answer totally worked. However, I'm unable to run a container from this image. How did you do it?
  
  – Keith Harris
  Oct 22 '18 at 5:38
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I can't run it as well, does this answer still work? Or amazon modify something?
  
  – Coda Chang
  May 29 at 21:54
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Here is how I did it.

• On source AMI locate root volume snapshot id in the description

/dev/sda1=snap-eb79b0b1:15:true:gp2

• Launch instance with public Ubuntu 14.04 AMI




• Create volume from snapshot snap-eb79b0b1 (in the same region that the instance runs).




• Attach volume to the instance as /dev/sdf




• mount volume to /mnt

mount /dev/xvdf /mnt

(or)

mount /dev/xvdf1 /mnt

• install docker

https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/ubuntulinux/

• import docker image from mounted root volume

tar -c -C /mnt/ . | docker import - appcimage-master-1454216413

• run

docker run -t -i 6d6614111fcb03d5ca79541b8a23955202dfda74995d968b5ffb5d45c7e68da9 /bin/bash

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:22

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answered Feb 1 '16 at 7:18

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Docker can create an image from a tar file using the docker import command. From the documentation:

Usage: docker import URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]

Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball 
(.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally
tag it.

So you should be able to create a tar archive from your AMI image and then feed that to docker.

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '18 at 15:48

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answered Mar 29 '15 at 1:54

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  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  'So you should be able to create a tar archive from your AMI image and then feed that to docker.' - how do I do that, I don't see an option in AWS to convert your AMI to tar ball.
  
  – Scooby
  Mar 29 '15 at 17:54
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You could boot an instance from that particular AMI and then run tar inside the instance, for example.
  
  – larsks
  Mar 29 '15 at 17:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What does run tar inside the instance mean ? I would still need to throw something at tar.
  
  – Scooby
  Mar 30 '15 at 0:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Scooby I would mount the target EBS volumen you want to dockerify as a non-boot volume on another instance. Then a syntax like tar -czvf drive-image.tgz /media/my-external-drive, assuming you mounted the volume at /media/my-external-drive and you have enough disk space on the root volume to hold the tar file.
  
  – Mark Stosberg
  Sep 16 '15 at 13:48
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

Docker can create an image from a tar file using the docker import command. From the documentation:

Usage: docker import URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]

Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball 
(.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally
tag it.

So you should be able to create a tar archive from your AMI image and then feed that to docker.

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '18 at 15:48

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answered Mar 29 '15 at 1:54

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• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  'So you should be able to create a tar archive from your AMI image and then feed that to docker.' - how do I do that, I don't see an option in AWS to convert your AMI to tar ball.
  
  – Scooby
  Mar 29 '15 at 17:54
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You could boot an instance from that particular AMI and then run tar inside the instance, for example.
  
  – larsks
  Mar 29 '15 at 17:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What does run tar inside the instance mean ? I would still need to throw something at tar.
  
  – Scooby
  Mar 30 '15 at 0:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Scooby I would mount the target EBS volumen you want to dockerify as a non-boot volume on another instance. Then a syntax like tar -czvf drive-image.tgz /media/my-external-drive, assuming you mounted the volume at /media/my-external-drive and you have enough disk space on the root volume to hold the tar file.
  
  – Mark Stosberg
  Sep 16 '15 at 13:48
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Docker can create an image from a tar file using the docker import command. From the documentation:

Usage: docker import URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]

Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball 
(.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally
tag it.

So you should be able to create a tar archive from your AMI image and then feed that to docker.

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '18 at 15:48

IsidroGH

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answered Mar 29 '15 at 1:54

larskslarsks

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Usage: docker import URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]

Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball 
(.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally
tag it.

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '18 at 15:48

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answered Mar 29 '15 at 1:54

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When creating the tar file cd to the directory and tar the tree from there.

cd /media/my-external-drive
tar -czvf /tmp/drive-image.tgz

And then to create the image ...
docker import /tmp/drive-image.tgz

This allows the dockerized container to create the correct paths when you run it.

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '15 at 0:04

Richard Erickson

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answered Dec 2 '15 at 22:45

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When creating the tar file cd to the directory and tar the tree from there.

cd /media/my-external-drive
tar -czvf /tmp/drive-image.tgz

And then to create the image ...
docker import /tmp/drive-image.tgz

This allows the dockerized container to create the correct paths when you run it.

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '15 at 0:04

Richard Erickson

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answered Dec 2 '15 at 22:45

user5632604user5632604

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add a comment | 

When creating the tar file cd to the directory and tar the tree from there.

cd /media/my-external-drive
tar -czvf /tmp/drive-image.tgz

And then to create the image ...
docker import /tmp/drive-image.tgz

This allows the dockerized container to create the correct paths when you run it.

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '15 at 0:04

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answered Dec 2 '15 at 22:45

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cd /media/my-external-drive
tar -czvf /tmp/drive-image.tgz

share|improve this answer

edited Dec 3 '15 at 0:04

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answered Dec 2 '15 at 22:45

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edited Dec 3 '15 at 0:04

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edited Dec 3 '15 at 0:04

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answered Dec 2 '15 at 22:45

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