Is it possible to name the container created by the docker build process? I ask because, I have a Continuous Integration process which tries to build an image every night. Some times the build fails, but that leaves a stopped ‘build container’ and its associated images. I have to manually go to the…

[image] benjacho: When you build an image, you can execute docker build -t name:tag . That only assigns a name to the final image, not to the intermediate containers; and in the case the OP is describing it also won’t assign names to intermediate layer images if there’s a crash in the middle …

Thangs @dmaze . You’ve got the problem exactly. I am looking for a way that is better than running cron jobs, because cron jobs performing clean-up is a bit ugly and not determaistic - I always feel like I’ve failed when I have to resort to using clean-up cron jobs.

@dmaze - Did you ever develop a better solution? I, too, am unhappy with the various suggestions - although I can’t think of better. But… Maybe something like add a LABEL BuildStatus="Working" at the beginning of the Dockerfile, then at the end change the value with LABEL BuildStatus="Complete". La…

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benjacho (Benjacho) October 29, 2016, 12:27pm 2

When you build an image, you can execute docker build -t name:tag .

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