fabric8io/docker-maven-plugin

Maven plugin for running and creating Docker images

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docker-maven-plugin

This is a Maven plugin for building Docker images and managing containers for integration tests. It works with Maven 3.0.5 and Docker 1.6.0 or later.

Goals

Goal	Description	Default Lifecycle Phase
`docker:start`	Create and start containers	pre-integration-test
`docker:stop`	Stop and destroy containers	post-integration-test
`docker:build`	Build images	install
`docker:watch`	Watch for doing rebuilds and restarts
`docker:push`	Push images to a registry	deploy
`docker:remove`	Remove images from local docker host	post-integration-test
`docker:logs`	Show container logs
`docker:source`	Attach docker build archive to Maven project	package
`docker:save`	Save image to a file
`docker:tag`	Tag images	install
`docker:volume-create`	Create a volume to share data between containers	pre-integration-test
`docker:volume-remove`	Remove a created volume	post-integration-test
`docker:copy`	Copy files and directories from a container	post-integration-test

Documentation

The User Manual [PDF] has a detailed reference for all and everything.
The Introduction is a high-level overview of this plugin's features and provides a usage example. provided goals and possible configuration parameters.
Examples are below samples/ and contain example setups that you can use as blueprints for your projects.
ChangeLog has the release history of this plugin.
Contributing explains how you can contribute to this project. Pull requests are highly appreciated!
We publish nightly builds on maven central. Read How to use Docker Maven Plugin Snapshot artifacts.

Docker API Support

Docker 29+ (v1.44) is the minimal required version for compatibility with Docker 29+ daemon
Docker 1.6 (v1.18) is the minimal required version
Docker 1.8.1 (v1.20) is required for docker:watch
Docker 1.9 (v1.21) is required for using custom networks and build args.

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Maintained

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Code review

8/10

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io.fabric8:docker-maven-plugin

Latest release

0.49.0 · Aug 10, 2026

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