Docker build dockerfile

Question

I am trying to build a docker image from dockerfile which I have written.

docker build -f ~/www/node-beta.dockerfile

This however results in the error:

docker: "build" requires 1 argument. See 'docker build --help'.

Answer 1

sudo docker build -t yee/haw -f ~/www/node-beta.dockerfile ~/www/

Answer 2

The docker build command always requires a location argument. In this case you should use ~/www/ as the for the location argument, and the file name, "node-beta.dockerfile" for the -f (filename) argument.

docker build -f node-beta.dockerfile ~/www