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authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2017-08-16 18:48:39 +0300
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2017-08-16 18:48:39 +0300
commit1a39d4f02a3e7faf57b232f070483d2130c3b1a9 (patch)
tree4679bd30f257826aa80e334fa9b954d5ca952744
parent1b46a8360e0adffba79fad5730e94e333350f063 (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-docs/docker-entrypoint.tar.gz
Properly explain when advanced Docker options were introduceddocs/docker-entrypoint
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diff --git a/doc/ci/docker/using_docker_images.md b/doc/ci/docker/using_docker_images.md
index d3433594eb7..dc5313c5597 100644
--- a/doc/ci/docker/using_docker_images.md
+++ b/doc/ci/docker/using_docker_images.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ following these rules:
created (requires GitLab Runner v1.1.0 or higher)
To override the default behavior, you can
-[specify a service alias](#available-settings-for-services-entry).
+[specify a service alias](#available-settings-for-services).
## Define `image` and `services` from `.gitlab-ci.yml`
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ test:
## Extended Docker configuration options
-> **Note:**
-This feature requires GitLab 9.4 and GitLab Runner 9.4 or higher.
+> Introduced in GitLab and GitLab Runner 9.4.
When configuring the `image` or `services` entries, you can use a string or a map as
options:
@@ -221,28 +220,29 @@ For example, the following two definitions are equal:
### Available settings for `image`
-> **Note:**
-This feature requires GitLab 9.4 and GitLab Runner 9.4 or higher.
+> Introduced in GitLab and GitLab Runner 9.4.
-| Setting | Required | Description |
-|------------|----------|-------------|
-| `name` | yes, when used with any other option | Full name of the image that should be used. It should contain the Registry part if needed. |
-| `entrypoint` | no | Command or script that should be executed as the container's entrypoint. It will be translated to Docker's `--entrypoint` option while creating the container. The syntax is similar to [`Dockerfile`'s `ENTRYPOINT`][entrypoint] directive, where each shell token is a separate string in the array. |
+| Setting | Required | GitLab version | Description |
+|------------|----------|----------------| ----------- |
+| `name` | yes, when used with any other option | 9.4 |Full name of the image that should be used. It should contain the Registry part if needed. |
+| `entrypoint` | no | 9.4 |Command or script that should be executed as the container's entrypoint. It will be translated to Docker's `--entrypoint` option while creating the container. The syntax is similar to [`Dockerfile`'s `ENTRYPOINT`][entrypoint] directive, where each shell token is a separate string in the array. |
### Available settings for `services`
-> **Note:**
-This feature requires GitLab 9.4 and GitLab Runner 9.4 or higher.
+> Introduced in GitLab and GitLab Runner 9.4.
-| Setting | Required | Description |
-|------------|----------|-------------|
-| `name` | yes, when used with any other option | Full name of the image that should be used. It should contain the Registry part if needed. |
-| `entrypoint` | no | Command or script that should be executed as the container's entrypoint. It will be translated to Docker's `--entrypoint` option while creating the container. The syntax is similar to [`Dockerfile`'s `ENTRYPOINT`][entrypoint] directive, where each shell token is a separate string in the array. |
-| `command` | no | Command or script that should be used as the container's command. It will be translated to arguments passed to Docker after the image's name. The syntax is similar to [`Dockerfile`'s `CMD`][cmd] directive, where each shell token is a separate string in the array. |
-| `alias` | no | Additional alias that can be used to access the service from the job's container. Read [Accessing the services](#accessing-the-services) for more information. |
+| Setting | Required | GitLab version | Description |
+|------------|----------|----------------| ----------- |
+| `name` | yes, when used with any other option | 9.4 | Full name of the image that should be used. It should contain the Registry part if needed. |
+| `entrypoint` | no | 9.4 |Command or script that should be executed as the container's entrypoint. It will be translated to Docker's `--entrypoint` option while creating the container. The syntax is similar to [`Dockerfile`'s `ENTRYPOINT`][entrypoint] directive, where each shell token is a separate string in the array. |
+| `command` | no | 9.4 |Command or script that should be used as the container's command. It will be translated to arguments passed to Docker after the image's name. The syntax is similar to [`Dockerfile`'s `CMD`][cmd] directive, where each shell token is a separate string in the array. |
+| `alias` | no | 9.4 |Additional alias that can be used to access the service from the job's container. Read [Accessing the services](#accessing-the-services) for more information. |
### Starting multiple services from the same image
+> Introduced in GitLab and GitLab Runner 9.4. Read more about the [extended
+configuration options](#extended-docker-configuration-options).
+
Before the new extended Docker configuration options, the following configuration
would not work properly:
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ in `.gitlab-ci.yml` file.
### Setting a command for the service
+> Introduced in GitLab and GitLab Runner 9.4. Read more about the [extended
+configuration options](#extended-docker-configuration-options).
+
Let's assume you have a `super/sql:latest` image with some SQL database
inside it and you would like to use it as a service for your job. Let's also
assume that this image doesn't start the database process while starting
@@ -313,6 +316,9 @@ As you can see, the syntax of `command` is similar to [Dockerfile's `CMD`][cmd].
### Overriding the entrypoint of an image
+> Introduced in GitLab and GitLab Runner 9.4. Read more about the [extended
+configuration options](#extended-docker-configuration-options).
+
Let's assume you have a `super/sql:experimental` image with some SQL database
inside it and you would like to use it as a base image for your job because you
want to execute some tests with this database binary. Let's also assume that