How do I make a comment in a Dockerfile?

Question

I am writing a Dockerfile. Is there a way to make comments in this file?

Does Docker have a comment option that takes the rest of a line and ignores it?

Answer 1

Dockerfile comments start with '#', just like Python. Here is a good example (kstaken/dockerfile-examples):

# Install a more-up-to date version of MongoDB than what is included in the default Ubuntu repositories.

FROM ubuntu
MAINTAINER Kimbro Staken

RUN apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10
RUN echo "deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/10gen.list
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get -y install apt-utils
RUN apt-get -y install mongodb-10gen

#RUN echo "" >> /etc/mongodb.conf

CMD ["/usr/bin/mongod", "--config", "/etc/mongodb.conf"]