FROM ubuntu:14.04 ARG MICRO_HOME=/opt/app/babel ARG BIN_HOME=$MICRO_HOME/bin ARG JAR_FILE=babel.jar RUN apt-get update # Install and setup java8 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common ## sudo -E is required to preserve the environment. If you remove that line, it will most like freeze at this step RUN sudo -E add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa && apt-get update && apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk ## Setup JAVA_HOME, this is useful for docker commandline ENV JAVA_HOME usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64 RUN export JAVA_HOME # Build up the deployment folder structure RUN mkdir -p $MICRO_HOME COPY ${JAR_FILE} $MICRO_HOME RUN mkdir -p $BIN_HOME COPY *.sh $BIN_HOME RUN chmod 755 $BIN_HOME/* RUN ln -s /logs $MICRO_HOME/logs CMD ["/opt/app/babel/bin/start.sh"]