williamyeh/java8 repository overview

⁠Docker-Java8

⁠Summary

Repository name in Docker Hub: williamyeh/java8⁠

This repository contains Dockerized Java⁠ 1.8, published to the public Docker Hub⁠ via automated build mechanism.

⁠Configuration

This docker image contains the following software stack:

• OS: Debian jessie (built from debian:jessie⁠).

• Java: Oracle JDK 1.8.0_31-b13

⁠Dependencies

• debian:jessie⁠.

⁠Why yet another Java image for Docker?

There has been quite a few Java images for Docker (e.g., search⁠ in the Docker Hub), so why reinvent the wheel?

In the beginning I used the pulse00/java⁠. It worked well, but left some room for improvement:

• Base OS image - It was built from stackbrew/ubuntu:13.10⁠, which may not be the smallest one. On the other hand, debian:jessie⁠, as recommended in this article⁠, worth a try.

• Unnecessary dependencies - It installed, at the very beginning of its Dockerfile, the software-properties-common⁠ package, which in turns installed some Python3 packages. I prefered to incorporate these stuff only when absolutely needed.

Therefore, I built this Docker image on my own, also as an exercise.

⁠Alternatives

• errordeveloper/oracle-jdk⁠, if you prefer a minimalistic Oracle JDK 8 container on top of busybox.

• java⁠ or azul/zulu-openjdk⁠, if you prefer OpenJDK.

⁠Installation

$ docker pull williamyeh/java8

⁠Usage

Used mostly as a base image for other Java-based applications. But if you'd like to use the CLI, here are some examples for you.

⁠Run java

$ docker run --rm williamyeh/java8

⁠Run javac

$ docker run -it --rm williamyeh/java8 javac

⁠Dig into container

$ docker run -it williamyeh/java8 bash