Build Strategy

Dockflow supports different strategies for building and transferring Docker images.

Strategies Overview

Local Build

By default, images are built in your CI/CD pipeline and transferred to the server via SSH. No additional configuration is required.

Registry Build

For multi-node Swarm clusters, use a Docker registry so worker nodes can pull images. See Docker Registry for configuration.

Remote Build

Build images directly on the server instead of transferring them:

# .deployment/config.yml
options:
  remote_build: true

This clones your repository on the server and builds locally. Useful for large images or slow network connections.

For private repositories, add a GIT_TOKEN secret to your CI/CD environment.