Base docker image

Base image to create other images. Based on latest stable CentOS 7 release.

Versions

Current version of CentOS are maintained. When new version appears you will have time to switch.

• latest – latest version of CentOS. Use this if you want always be up to date
• 7 – Latest CentOS release of 7.x branch

Usage

Just run to get the bash prompt

docker run -it --rm hope/centos

Use latest version as base image for your own images

FROM hope/centos

Or use specific version as base image

FROM hope/centos:7

Timezone

Available timezones
Set timezone in container with environment variable TZ in command line

docker run -it --rm -e TZ=America/Chicago hope/centos

Or in your Dockerfile

ENV TZ=America/Chicago

Packages

EPEL repo installed by default.