app2container containerize command - AWS App2Container

app2container containerize command

When you run this command, it creates a Docker container image for your application. The is based on the parameters in the analysis.json file that is generated by the analyze command, along with any customizations you have made. By default, the image is pre-validated to ensure that the application container runs and returns a successful response, as expected.

See Configuring application containers for more information about configuring the analysis.json file.

Note

If the command fails, an error message is displayed in the console, followed by additional messaging to help you troubleshoot.

When you ran the init command, if you chose to automatically upload logs to App2Container support if an error occurs, App2Container notifies you of the success of the automatic upload of your application support bundle.

Otherwise, App2Container messaging directs you to upload application artifacts by running the upload-support-bundle command for additional support.

Syntax

app2container containerize {--application-id id | --input-archive extraction-file} [--no-validate] [--help]

Parameters and options

Parameters
--application-id id

The application ID (required). After you run the inventory command, you can find the application ID in the inventory.json file in one of the following locations:

  • Linux: /root/inventory.json

  • Windows: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\.app2container-config\inventory.json

--input-archive extraction-file

The file path or Amazon S3 key (for example, s3://bucket/archive-key) for the application archive. If you specify an application archive, the command downloads and opens the archive, and then builds the container image.

--profile admin-profile

Use this option to specify a named profile to run this command. For more information about named profiles in AWS, see Named profiles in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide

Options
--build-only

Builds container images based on the existing Dockerfile and artifacts.

--force

Bypasses the disk space prerequisite check.

--no-validate

Bypasses pre-validation of the generated container image.

--help

Displays the command help.

Output

This command generates a Dockerfile, a container image, and a deployment.json file that you can use with the generate app-deployment command.

It also generates a Dockerfile.update file that you can use to make updates to your containerized application. The generate pipeline command adds this Dockerfile to your CodeCommit repository and deploys updates to your CodePipeline infrastructure.

See deployment.json file for more information about configuration, and for an example of what the deployment.json file looks like.

Examples

Choose the operating system platform tab for the application server or worker machine where you run the command.

Linux

The following example shows the containerize command with the --application-id parameter and no additional options.

$ sudo app2container containerize --application-id java-tomcat-9e8e4799 √ AWS pre-requisite check succeeded √ Docker pre-requisite check succeeded √ Extracted container artifacts for application √ Entry file generated √ Dockerfile generated under /root/app2container/java-tomcat-9e8e4799/Artifacts √ Generated dockerfile.update under /root/app2container/java-tomcat-9e8e4799/Artifacts √ Generated deployment file at /root/app2container/java-tomcat-9e8e4799/deployment.json √ Deployment artifacts generated. √ Pre-validation succeeded. Containerization successful. Generated docker image java-tomcat-9e8e4799 You're all set to test and deploy your container image. Next Steps: 1. View the container image with \"docker images\" and test the application. 2. When you're ready to deploy to AWS, please edit the deployment file as needed at /root/app2container/java-tomcat-9e8e4799/deployment.json. 3. Generate deployment artifacts using app2container generate app-deployment --application-id java-tomcat-9e8e4799 Please use "docker images" to view the generated container image.

The following example shows the containerize command with the --input-archive option.

$ sudo app2container containerize --input-archive /var/aws/java-tomcat-9e8e4799/java-tomcat-9e8e4799-extraction.tar
Windows

The following example shows the containerize command with the --application-id parameter and no additional options.

PS> app2container containerize --application-id iis-smarts-51d2dbf8 √ AWS pre-requisite check succeeded √ Docker pre-requisite check succeeded √ Extracted container artifacts for application √ Entry file generated √ Dockerfile generated under C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\app2container\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8\Artifacts √ Generated dockerfile.update under C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\app2container\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8\Artifacts √ Generated deployment file at C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\app2container\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8\deployment.json Containerization successful. Generated docker image iis-smarts-51d2dbf8 You're all set to test and deploy your container image. Next Steps: 1. View the container image with \"docker images\" and test the application. 2. When you're ready to deploy to AWS, please edit the deployment file as needed at C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\app2container\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8\deployment.json. 3. Generate deployment artifacts using app2container generate app-deployment --application-id iis-smarts-51d2dbf8 Please use "docker images" to view the generated container image.

The following example shows the containerize command with the --input-archive option.

PS> app2container containerize --input-archive archive C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8.zip √ AWS pre-requisite check succeeded √ Docker pre-requisite check succeeded √ Dockerfile generated under C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\app2container\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8\Artifacts √ Generated dockerfile.update under C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\app2container\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8\Artifacts √ Generated deployment file at C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\app2container\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8\deployment.json Containerization successful. Generated docker image iis-smarts-51d2dbf8 You're all set to test and deploy your container image. Next Steps: 1. View the container image with \"docker images\" and test the application. 2. When you're ready to deploy to AWS, please edit the deployment file as needed at C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\app2container\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8\deployment.json. 3. Generate deployment artifacts using app2container generate app-deployment --application-id iis-smarts-51d2dbf8 To have gMSA related artifacts generated with CloudFormation, please edit gMSAParams inside deployment file. Otherwise look at C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\app2container\iis-smarts-51d2dbf8\Artifacts\WindowsAuthSetupInstructions.md for setup instructions on Windows Authentication Please use "docker images" to view the generated container image.