Docker

Docker is an open platform for developing and running applications. With Docker, you can manage your infrastructure in the same ways you manage your applications.

This section contains the following:

1. Prerequisites
2. Run the image
3. Update the image

Prerequisites

You must have Docker installed on your machine. To verify your installation run the following command:

docker --version

If the command fails go to the Docker website and follow installation instructions.

Run the image

docker run --rm -it -v ch-cli-data:/root/.ch-cli scr.sitecore.com/sch/ch-cli

Command breakdown

• docker run --rm -it -v ch-cli-data:/root/.ch-cli scr.sitecore.com/sch/ch-cli is equivalent to executing the ch-cli binary on your local computer and takes the same arguments.
• --rm instructs Docker to remove the container after executing the command.
• -it enables an interactive session. Required for CLI commands that take additional input.
• -v specifies a named volume to persist all configuration between container restarts. Instead of a named volume, this could also point to a local directory on your computer.

Update the image

Docker generally only downloads the image when it is first requested. To update the image to the latest version, execute the following:

docker pull scr.sitecore.com/sch/ch-cli:latest