The Config Baker container may be used to execute all sorts of tasks around setting up, preparing and finalizing an instance of the Dataverse software. Its focus is bootstrapping non-initialized installations.
You may use this image as is, base your own derivative image on it or use bind mounts to change behavior.
Maintained by:
This image is created, maintained and supported by the Dataverse community on a best-effort basis.
Where to find documentation:
The Dataverse Container Guide - Config Baker Image provides information about this image.
Where to get help and ask questions:
IQSS will not offer support on how to deploy or run it. Please reach out to the community for help on using it. You can join the Community Chat at https://chat.dataverse.org and https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community to ask for help and guidance.
This image is sourced within the main upstream code repository of the Dataverse software. Development and maintenance of the image's code happens there (again, by the community).
Our tagging is inspired by Bitnami. For more detailed information about our tagging policy, please read about our config baker image tags in the Dataverse Containers Guide.
For ease of use, here is a list of images that are currently maintained.
All of them are rolling tags, except those ending with -r<number>, which are the most recent immutable tags.
The unstable tags are the current development branch snapshot.
We strongly recommend using only immutable tags for production use cases.
Within the main repository, you may find the image's files at <git root>/modules/container-configbaker.
This Maven module uses the Maven Docker Plugin to build and ship the image.
You may use, extend, or alter this image to your liking and/or host in some different registry if you want to.
Supported architectures: This image is created as a "multi-arch image", supporting the most common architectures Dataverse usually runs on: AMD64 (Windows/Linux/...) and ARM64 (Apple M1/M2).
Image content created by the community is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0, like the main Dataverse project.
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
As for any pre-built image usage, it is the image user's responsibility to ensure that any use of this image complies with any relevant licenses for all software contained within.