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Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 18.x
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Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 18.x

by Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker
April 2018
Beginner
398 pages
10h 11m
English
Packt Publishing
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Tagging an image

Each image has a so-called tag. A tag is often used to version images, but it has a broader reach than just being a version number. If we do not explicitly specify a tag when working with images, then Docker automatically assumes we're referring to the latest tag. This is relevant when pulling an image from Docker Hubfor example:

$ docker image pull alpine

The preceding command will pull the alpine:latest image from the Hub. If we want to explicitly specify a tag, we do so like this:

$ docker image pull alpine:3.5

This will now pull the alpine image that has been tagged with 3.5.

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