There is a library writing in Go. Its folder structure is:
lib/
golang/
go.mod
lib.go
example/
golang/
proto/
protofile
go.mod
main.go
Dockerfile
example is folder to show how to use this lib, so it has a main.go which can build and run. In order to use the lib, the example/golang/go.mod is:
module golang
go 1.15
require (
lib/golang v0.0.0
other stuff...
)
replace lib/golang => ../../golang
Now I want to pack the runnable example into a docker image, the Dockerfile is:
FROM golang:1.15
WORKDIR /go/src/app
COPY . .
RUN go env -w GO111MODULE=auto
RUN go env -w GOPROXY=https://goproxy.io,direct
RUN go get -d -v ./...
RUN go install -v ./...
CMD ["app"]
Then I cd into example/golang run docker build -t example ., the error log is
open /go/golang/go.mod: no such file or directory
It seems can not access lib/go.mod file, then I cd into lib folder and run docker build -t server -f examples/golang/Dockerfile ., however this will affect the import of main.go:
import "golang/proto"
error log is:
golang/proto: unrecognized import path "golang/proto"
How should I fix this to make the docker image?
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After I spend some time to read docker doc, here is the summary about this problem:
docker build command follow a PATH argument, that is the dot . at the end. That control the content of building, it decides what files docker build can access. So the reason of first error is that the pwd is lib/example/golang, and docker build command path is ., then docker build can not access parent files of lib/example/golang and they are required in main.go as a lib.
the command should be: docker build -t example ../../ However, docker build seek Dockerfile only in root of content path, so use -f to tell it where the Dockerfile located: docker build -t example -f ./Dockerfile ../../
if pwd is lib/, command is docker build -t server -f examples/golang/Dockerfile .
Be short:
- If the dockerfile is not located at project root path, use -f and PATH of docker build command to give it enough access of files. If using go module, make sure PATH contain a go.mod file
- If main.go is located in sub folder, make sure the WORKDIR in dockerfile same as the sub folder after COPY all need, or else go build or go install fail to compile