The Dataverse Base Container Image contains primarily a pre-installed and pre-tuned application server with the necessary software dependencies for deploying and launching a Dataverse repository installation.
Adding basic functionality like executing scripts at container boot, monitoring, memory tweaks, etc., is all done at this layer. Application images building from this very base focus on adding deployable Dataverse code and actual scripts.
There is a community based application image (docs), but you may create your own or even reuse this image for other purposes than the Dataverse application.
Maintained by:
This image is created, maintained and supported by the Dataverse community on a best-effort basis.
Where to find documentation:
The Dataverse Container Guide - Base Image provides in-depth information about content, building, tuning and so on for this image.
Where to get help and ask questions:
IQSS will not offer support on how to deploy or run it. Please reach out to the community for help on using it. You can join the Community Chat on Matrix at https://chat.dataverse.org and https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community to ask for help and guidance.
This image is sourced within the main upstream code repository of the Dataverse software. Development and maintenance of the image's code happens there (again, by the community). Community-supported image tags are based on the two most important branches:
- The
unstabletag corresponds to thedevelopbranch, where pull requests are merged. (Dockerfile) - The
alphatag corresponds to themasterbranch, where releases are cut from. (Dockerfile)
Within the main repository, you may find the base image files at <git root>/modules/container-base.
This Maven module uses the Maven Docker Plugin to build and ship the image.
You may use, extend, or alter this image to your liking and/or host in some different registry if you want to.
Supported architectures: This image is created as a "multi-arch image", supporting the most common architectures Dataverse usually runs on: AMD64 (Windows/Linux/...) and ARM64 (Apple M1/M2).
Image content created by the community is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0, like the main Dataverse project.
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
As with all Docker images, all images likely also contain other software which may be under other licenses (such as Payara Server, Bash, etc., from the base distribution, along with any direct or indirect (Java) dependencies contained).
As for any pre-built image usage, it is the image user's responsibility to ensure that any use of this image complies with any relevant licenses for all software contained within.