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title: drone-docker
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## Build

Build the binary with the following command:

```Shell
export GOOS=linux
export GOARCH=amd64
export CGO_ENABLED=0
export GO111MODULE=on

go build -v -a -tags netgo -o release/drone-docker
```

Build the Docker image with the following command:

```Shell
docker build --file docker/Dockerfile.amd64 --tag thegeeklab/drone-docker .
```

## Usage

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**Note**\
Be aware that the this plugin requires privileged capabilities, otherwise the
integrated Docker daemon is not able to start.
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```Shell
docker run --rm \
  -e PLUGIN_TAG=latest \
  -e PLUGIN_REPO=octocat/hello-world \
  -e DRONE_COMMIT_SHA=00000000 \
  -v $(pwd):$(pwd) \
  -w $(pwd) \
  --privileged \
  thegeeklab/drone-docker --dry-run
```

## Parameters

dry_run
: disables docker push

drone_remote_url
: sets the git remote url

mirror
: sets a registry mirror to pull images

storage_driver
: sets the docker daemon storage driver

storage_path
: sets the docker daemon storage path (default `/var/lib/docker`)

bip
: allows the docker daemon to bride ip address

mtu
: sets docker daemon custom mtu setting

custom_dns
: sets custom docker daemon dns server

custom_dns_search
: sets custom docker daemon dns search domain

insecure
: allows the docker daemon to use insecure registries

ipv6
: enables docker daemon ipv6 support

experimental
: enables docker daemon experimental mode

debug "docker_launch_debug
: enables verbose debug mode for the docker daemon

daemon_off
: disables the startup of the docker daemon

dockerfile
: sets dockerfile to use for the image build (default `./Dockerfile`)

context
: sets the path of the build context to use (default `./`)

tags
: sets repository tags to use for the image; tags can also be loaded from a `.tags` file (default `latest`)

auto_tag
: generates tag names automatically based on git branch and git tag

auto_tag_suffix
: generates tag names with the given suffix

build_args
: sets custom build arguments for the build

build_args_from_env
: forwards environment variables as custom arguments to the build

quiet
: enables suppression of the build output

target
: sets the build target to use

cache_from
: sets images to consider as cache sources

pull_image
: enforces to pull base image at build time (default `true`)

compress
: enables compression og the build context using gzip

repo
: sets repository name for the image

registry
: sets docker registry to authenticate with (default `https://index.docker.io/v1/`)

username
: sets username to authenticates with

password
: sets password to authenticates with

email
: sets email address to authenticates with

config
: sets content of the docker daemon json config

purge
: enables cleanup of the docker environment at the end of a build (default `true`)

no_cache
: disables the usage of cached intermediate containers

add_host
: sets additional host:ip mapping