Passing Additional Configurations to Docker Containers

We have built and run Docker images using very simple Docker build and Docker run commands. But a lot more can be done with the help of flags.

Let's have a look at a few CLI flags that can be used with Docker run commands to make our application more flexible.

Passing environment variables

Using environment variables in the code can prove to be very handy. These could be used for:

• Setting configuration parameters with ease. ...