By ReWild
Dear support, is there a way to configure one or more --build-arg values for a Docker-based service in the App Platform?
At the Docker build time, we pass arguments to fine-tune nginx configuration files. We use different Build Arg values for our development, staging, and production environments.
Also, it is not clear whether build_command happens after docker build, or is it actually the way to customize how docker build runs? Could you give some examples of using build_command with Dockerfiles?
Many thanks!
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@ReWild 👋
The way to accomplish this today would be to pass in build-time environment variables. If you’re creating envs through the UI, then they’re by default build-and-run-time variables. If creating via raw app spec and doctl, then you can choose one or both using the scope field. We don’t currently support passing --build-args directly, but this is a good idea that we’ll consider adding to the product — your feedback here helps.
An example of an app spec with build-time environment variables might look like this:
name: sample-dockerfile-static
static_sites:
- name: site
github:
repo: digitalocean/sample-dockerfile-static
branch: master
envs:
- key: API_URL
value: https://api.example.com
scope: BUILD_TIME
Hopefully that’s a sufficient workaround in the meantime. Stay tuned to our product release notes for updates on this and other features.
Thanks for using the App Platform, and happy coding!
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