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Depot CLI CI

Official CLI for Depot - you can use the CLI to build Docker images via Depot's remote builder infrastructure.


Depot provides cloud-hosted container builder machines - our builders are quick, running on native hardware. Build caching is fully managed with no extra configuration.

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Installation

For Mac, you can install the CLI with Homebrew:

brew install depot/tap/depot

For Linux, you can install with our installation script:

# Install the latest version
curl -L https://depot.dev/install-cli.sh | sh

# Install a specific version
curl -L https://depot.dev/install-cli.sh | sh -s 2.17.0

For all other platforms, you can download the binary directly from the latest release.

Quick Start

  1. Run depot login to authenticate with your Depot account.
  2. cd to your project directory.
  3. Run depot init to link the local directory with a Depot project - this will create a depot.json file in the current directory.
  4. Run depot build -t repo/image:tag .

Usage

depot bake

Run a Docker build from a HCL, JSON, or Compose file using Depot's remote builder infrastructure. This command accepts all the command line flags as Docker's docker buildx bake command, you can run depot bake --help for the full list.

The bake command needs to know which project id to route the build to. For passing the project id you have four options available to you:

  1. Run depot init at the root of your repository and commit the resulting depot.json file
  2. Use the --project flag in your depot bake command
  3. Set the DEPOT_PROJECT_ID environment variable which will be automatically detected.
  4. Use x-depot extension field in your docker-compose.yml file.

By default, depot bake will leave the built image in the remote builder cache. If you would like to download the image to your local Docker daemon (for instance, to docker run the result), you can use the --load flag.

Alternatively, to push the image to a remote registry directly from the builder instance, you can use the --push flag.

The bake command allows you to define all of your build targets in a central file, either HCL, JSON, or Compose. You can then pass that file to the bake command and Depot will build all of the target images with all of their options (i.e. platforms, tags, build arguments, etc.).

Example

An example docker-bake.hcl file:

group "default" {
  targets = ["original", "db"]
}

target "original" {
  dockerfile = "Dockerfile"
  platforms = ["linux/amd64", "linux/arm64"]
  tags = ["example/app:test"]
}

target "db" {
  dockerfile = "Dockerfile.db"
  platforms = ["linux/amd64", "linux/arm64"]
  tags = ["example/db:test"]
}

To build all of the images we just need to call bake:

depot bake -f docker-bake.hcl

If you want to build a specific target in the bake file, you can specify it in the bake command:

depot bake -f docker-bake.hcl original

compose support

Depot supports using bake to build Docker Compose files.

To use depot bake with a Docker Compose file, you can specify the file with the -f flag:

depot bake -f docker-compose.yml

Compose files have special extensions prefixed with x- to give additional information to the build process.

In this example, the x-bake extension is used to specify the tags for each service and the x-depot extension is used to specify different project IDs for each.

services:
  mydb:
    build:
      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile.db
      x-bake:
        tags:
          - ghcr.io/myorg/mydb:latest
          - ghcr.io/myorg/mydb:v1.0.0
      x-depot:
        project-id: 1234567890
  myapp:
    build:
      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile.app
      x-bake:
        tags:
          - ghcr.io/myorg/myapp:latest
          - ghcr.io/myorg/myapp:v1.0.0
      x-depot:
        project-id: 9876543210

Flags for bake

Name Description
build-platform Run builds on this platform ("dynamic", "linux/amd64", "linux/arm64") (default "dynamic")
file Build definition file
help Show the help doc for bake
lint Lint Dockerfiles of targets before the build
lint-fail-on Set the lint severity that fails the build ("info", "warn", "error", "none") (default "error")
load Shorthand for "--set=*.output=type=docker"
metadata-file Write build result metadata to the file
no-cache Do not use cache when building the image
print Print the options without building
progress Set type of progress output ("auto", "plain", "tty"). Use plain to show container output (default "auto")
project Depot project ID
provenance Shorthand for "--set=*.attest=type=provenance"
pull Always attempt to pull all referenced images
push Shorthand for "--set=*.output=type=registry"
save Saves bake targets to the Depot ephemeral registry
sbom Shorthand for "--set=*.attest=type=sbom"
set Override target value (e.g., "targetpattern.key=value")
token Depot API token

depot build

Runs a Docker build using Depot's remote builder infrastructure. This command accepts all the command line flags as Docker's docker buildx build command, you can run depot build --help for the full list.

The build command needs to know which project id to route the build to. For passing the project id you have three options available to you:

  1. Run depot init at the root of your repository and commit the resulting depot.json file
  2. Use the --project flag in your depot build command
  3. Set the DEPOT_PROJECT_ID environment variable which will be automatically detected

By default, depot build will leave the built image in the remote builder cache. If you would like to download the image to your local Docker daemon (for instance, to docker run the result), you can use the --load flag.

Alternatively, to push the image to a remote registry directly from the builder instance, you can use the --push flag.

Example

# Build remotely
depot build -t repo/image:tag .
# Build remotely, download the container locally
depot build -t repo/image:tag . --load
# Build remotely, push to a registry
depot build -t repo/image:tag . --push

Flags for build

Name Description
add-host Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (format: "host:ip")
allow Allow extra privileged entitlement (e.g., "network.host", "security.insecure")
attest Attestation parameters (format: "type=sbom,generator=image")
build-arg Set build-time variables
build-context Additional build contexts (e.g., name=path)
build-platform Run builds on this platform ("dynamic", "linux/amd64", "linux/arm64") (default "dynamic")
cache-from External cache sources (e.g., "user/app:cache", "type=local,src=path/to/dir")
cache-to Cache export destinations (e.g., "user/app:cache", "type=local,dest=path/to/dir")
cgroup-parent Optional parent cgroup for the container
file Name of the Dockerfile (default: "PATH/Dockerfile")
help Show help doc for build
iidfile Write the image ID to the file
label Set metadata for an image
lint Lint Dockerfile before the build
lint-fail-on Set the lint severity that fails the build ("info", "warn", "error", "none") (default "error")
load Shorthand for "--output=type=docker"
metadata-file Write build result metadata to the file
network Set the networking mode for the "RUN" instructions during build (default "default")
no-cache Do not use cache when building the image
no-cache-filter Do not cache specified stages
output Output destination (format: "type=local,dest=path")
platform Set target platform for build
progress Set type of progress output ("auto", "plain", "tty"). Use plain to show container output (default "auto")
project Depot project ID
provenance Shortand for "--attest=type=provenance"
pull Always attempt to pull all referenced images
push Shorthand for "--output=type=registry"
quiet Suppress the build output and print image ID on success
save Saves build to the Depot ephemeral registry
sbom Shorthand for "--attest=type=sbom"
secret Secret to expose to the build (format: "id=mysecret[,src=/local/secret]")
shm-size Size of "/dev/shm"
ssh SSH agent socket or keys to expose to the build
tag Name and optionally a tag (format: "name:tag")
target Set the target build stage to build
token Depot API token
ulimit Ulimit options (default [])

depot cache

Interact with the cache associated with a Depot project. The cache command consists of subcommands for each operation.

depot cache reset

Reset the cache of the Depot project to force a new empty cache volume to be created.

Example

Reset the cache of the current project ID in the root depot.json

depot cache reset .

Reset the cache of a specific project ID

depot cache reset --project 12345678910

depot configure-docker

Configure Docker to use Depot's remote builder infrastructure. This command installs Depot as a Docker CLI plugin (i.e., docker depot ...) and sets the Depot plugin as the default Docker builder (i.e., docker build).

depot configure-docker

If you want to uninstall the plugin, you can specify the --uninstall flag.

depot configure-docker --uninstall

depot list

Interact with Depot projects and builds.

depot list projects

Display an interactive listing of current Depot projects. Selecting a specific project will display the latest builds. To return from the latest builds to projects, press ESC.

To exit type q or ctrl+c

Example

depot list projects

depot list builds

Display the latest Depot builds for a project. By default the command runs an interactive listing of depot builds showing status and build duration.

To exit type q or ctrl+c

Example

List builds for the project in the current directory.

depot list builds

Example

List builds for a specific project ID

depot list builds --project 12345678910

Example

The list command can output build information to stdout with the --output option. It supports json and csv.

Output builds in JSON for the project in the current directory.

depot list builds --output json

depot init

Initialize an existing Depot project in the current directory. The CLI will display an interactive list of your Depot projects for you to choose from, then write a depot.json file in the current directory with the contents {"projectID": "xxxxxxxxxx"}.

Example

depot init

depot login

Authenticates with your Depot account, automatically creating and storing a personal API token on your local machine.

Example

depot login

depot logout

Remove any saved login defails from your local machine.

Example

depot logout

depot pull

Pull an image from the Depot ephemeral registry to your local Docker daemon.

depot pull --tag repo:tag <BUILD_ID>

Pull all bake images from the Depot ephemeral registry to your local Docker daemon. By default images will be tagged with the bake target names.

depot pull <BUILD_ID>

depot push

Push an image from the Depot ephemeral registry to a destination registry.

depot push --tag repo:tag <BUILD_ID>

Contributing

PR contributions are welcome! The CLI codebase is evolving rapidly, but we are happy to work with you on your contribution.

License

MIT License, see LICENSE