How can I make my own base image for Docker?
docker
Solution
You can take a look at how the base images are created and go from there.
You can find them here: https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/tree/master/contrib. There is mkimage-busybox.sh, mkimage-unittest.sh, mkimage-debian.sh
Problem
According to the Docker documentation, to build your own image, you must always specify a base image using the `FROM` instruction. Obviously, there are lots of images to choose from in the Docker index, but what if I wanted to build my own? Is that possible? The image `base` is built off Ubuntu if I understand correctly, and I want to experiment with a Debian image. Plus, I want to really understand how Docker works, and the `base` image is still a blackbox for me. Edit: official documentation on creating a base image