Create a docker image/container from EC2 AMI

Question

I am very new to docker and am trying to import my AWS EC2 AMI into a docker image. The image is a m2 linux image.

I have also setup a private docker hub(artifacto

Answer 1

When creating the tar file cd to the directory and tar the tree from there.

cd /media/my-external-drive
tar -czvf /tmp/drive-image.tgz

And then to create the image ...

docker import /tmp/drive-image.tgz

This allows the dockerized container to create the correct paths when you run it.