Hope you have gone through the Part1 and Part2 of my blog series on Docker. In this post on my Docker series, I am exploring the creation of Docker images There are multiple ready made docker images available in Docker hub, which you could simply pull and use. However, what if you need a different combination of software versions than what is ready available. Simple, you create an image of your own with all required softwares installed There are two options to do this.The easiest option is to pull a base image and install everything you want, commit the container as a new image. What if you would like to make some changes down the line? You may have to redo the whole thing. That is where the option to create image using docker file helps. You can simply write a docker file to install and configure the required software. If you wish to make some changes at a later point, you could edit the docker file and build a new image In this example , I will explain the proces...