Dockerfile 由一行行命令语句组成，并且支持以 # 开头的注释行。
一般的，Dockerfile 分为四部分：基础镜像信息、维护者信息、镜像操作指令和容器启动时执行指令。
例如
# This dockerfile uses the ubuntu image # VERSION 2 - EDITION 1 # Author: docker_user # Command format: Instruction [arguments / command] .. # Base image to use, this must be set as the first line FROM ubuntu # Maintainer: docker_user <docker_user at email.com> (@docker_user) MAINTAINER docker_user docker_user@email.com # Commands to update the image RUN echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main universe" >> /etc/apt/sources.list RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nginx RUN echo "\ndaemon off;" >> /etc/nginx/nginx.conf # Commands when creating a new container CMD /usr/sbin/nginx
其中，一开始必须指明所基于的镜像名称，接下来推荐说明维护者信息。
后面则是镜像操作指令，例如 RUN 指令，RUN 指令将对镜像执行跟随的命令。每运行一条 RUN 指令，镜像添加新的一层，并提交。
最后是 CMD 指令，来指定运行容器时的操作命令。
下面是一个更复杂的例子
# Nginx # # VERSION 0.0.1 FROM ubuntu MAINTAINER Victor Vieux <victor@docker.com> RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y inotify-tools nginx apache2 openssh-server # Firefox over VNC # # VERSION 0.3 FROM ubuntu # Install vnc, xvfb in order to create a 'fake' display and firefox RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y x11vnc xvfb firefox RUN mkdir /.vnc # Setup a password RUN x11vnc -storepasswd 1234 ~/.vnc/passwd # Autostart firefox (might not be the best way, but it does the trick) RUN bash -c 'echo "firefox" >> /.bashrc' EXPOSE 5900 CMD ["x11vnc", "-forever", "-usepw", "-create"] # Multiple images example # # VERSION 0.1 FROM ubuntu RUN echo foo > bar # Will output something like ===> 907ad6c2736f FROM ubuntu RUN echo moo > oink # Will output something like ===> 695d7793cbe4 # You᾿ll now have two images, 907ad6c2736f with /bar, and 695d7793cbe4 with # /oink.
