Building the container image

The current Dockerfile is based on the Bellsoft Liberica OpenJDK image and includes the officially released Apache Geode binaries which are verified via GPG and SHA256.

docker build .

If you're updating the image for a release, tag the build with the version:

docker build -t apache/geode:{version} .
docker build -t apache/geode:latest .

Once it's tagged, push to DockerHub:

docker push apache/geode:{version}

You need to be authenticated in DockerHub and be a member of the apache organization with write access to this repository. Ask for permissions at private@geode.apache.org.
This may take a while depending on your internet connection.

Starting a locator and gfsh

Execute the following command to run the container and start gfsh:

docker run -it -p 10334:10334 -p 7575:7575 -p 1099:1099  apache/geode

From this point you can pretty much follow Apache Geode in 5 minutes for example:

gfsh> start locator --name=locator
gfsh> start server --name=server

But in order to have real fun with containers you are probably better off using something like docker-compose, Cloud foundry or Kubernetes. Those examples will come next.