Using .dockerignore - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to ignore all log files in the Docker build context.

Docker

*.[1]

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Atxt

Blog

Cmd

Djson

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the wrong file extension like .txt or .md

Not using the asterisk (*) wildcard before the extension

The .dockerignore file uses patterns similar to .gitignore. To ignore all log files, use *.log.

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medium

Complete the code to ignore the directory named 'temp' in the Docker build context.

Docker

[1]/

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Atemp.log

Btemp.txt

Ctemp

Dtempfile

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Ignoring a file instead of a directory by adding an extension

Forgetting the trailing slash to indicate a directory

To ignore a directory, write its name followed by a slash / in the .dockerignore file.

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hard

Fix the error in the .dockerignore pattern to ignore all files in the 'cache' folder.

Docker

cache[1]*

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A-

B\

C.

D/

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using backslash instead of forward slash

Omitting the slash between directory and wildcard

To ignore all files inside the 'cache' directory, use cache/*. The slash / separates the directory name from the wildcard.

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hard

Fill both blanks to ignore all files with extension '.tmp' and the directory 'build' in the Docker build context.

Docker

[1]
[2]/

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A*.tmp

Bbuild

C*.log

Dtemp

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Confusing file extensions or directory names

Forgetting the slash after directory names

Use *.tmp to ignore all temporary files and build/ to ignore the build directory.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to ignore files named 'secret.txt', all '.env' files, and the directory 'node_modules' in the Docker build context.

Docker

[1]
[2]
[3]/

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Asecret.txt

B*.env

Cnode_modules

Dconfig

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting the slash after directory names

Using incorrect wildcards or file names

To ignore a specific file, write its name. To ignore all files with an extension, use a wildcard pattern. To ignore a directory, write its name with a trailing slash.