The ONBUILD
image variants are deprecated, and their usage is discouraged. For more details, see docker-library/official-images#2076.
While the onbuild
variant is really useful for "getting off the ground running" (zero to Dockerized in a short period of time), it's not recommended for long-term usage within a project due to the lack of control over when the ONBUILD
triggers fire (see also docker/docker#5714
, docker/docker#8240
, docker/docker#11917
).
Once you've got a handle on how your project functions within Docker, you'll probably want to adjust your Dockerfile
to inherit from a non-onbuild
variant and copy the commands from the onbuild
variant Dockerfile
(moving the ONBUILD
lines to the end and removing the ONBUILD
keywords) into your own file so that you have tighter control over them and more transparency for yourself and others looking at your Dockerfile
as to what it does. This also makes it easier to add additional requirements as time goes on (such as installing more packages before performing the previously-ONBUILD
steps).