How to make sure docker's time syncs with that of the host?

Question

I have dockers running on Linode servers. At times, I see that the time is not right on the dockers. Currently I have changed the run script in every docker to include the f

Answer 1

Docker Usage

Here's a complete example which builds a docker image for a go app in a multistage build. It shows how to include the timezone in your image.

FROM golang:latest as builder

WORKDIR /app

ENV GO111MODULE=on \
    CGO_ENABLED=0 \
    GOOS=linux \
    GOARCH=amd64

COPY go.mod .
COPY go.sum .

RUN go mod download

COPY . .

RUN go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o main

### Certs
FROM alpine:latest as locals

RUN apk --update --no-cache add ca-certificates

RUN apk add --no-cache tzdata

### App
FROM scratch 

WORKDIR /root/

COPY --from=locals /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

COPY --from=builder app/main .

COPY --from=builder app/templates ./templates

COPY --from=locals /usr/share/zoneinfo /usr/share/zoneinfo

ENV TZ=Asia/Singapore

EXPOSE 8000

CMD ["./main"]