How to set the name and tag of the image being built?

The name and tag of a Docker image are set with the -t (or --tag) flag in the docker build command.

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#Syntax

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#Example

Where:

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#Details

• If no tag is given, Docker assigns latest:

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  docker build -t myapp .

→ this becomes myapp:latest

• A tag can contain words, digits, environment names:

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  myapp:dev myapp:prod myapp:v2

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#Summary

The name and tag are set with the -t flag in docker build, in the name:tag format.