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A simple Dockerfile build

Well, we know about directory structure and want to build and deploy a Redis application from the available Dockerfile. Let's focus on version 3.2. The oc new-app may initiate a build from source code using a sub-directory. We are ready to initiate a simple Dockerfile build:

$ oc new-app https://github.com/docker-library/redis.git --context-dir=3.2...<OUTPUT OMITTED>...Run 'oc status' to view your app.

As we can see, OpenShift created a number of objects such as the following:

• imagestream named debian
• buildconfig named redis
• deploymentconfig named redis
• service named redis

You can run the oc get all command to make sure that all objects have been created:

$ oc get allNAME                  TYPE        FROM        LATESTbuildconfigs/redis Docker ...