Skip Nginx Geographical questions Ubuntu Dockerfile

Question

I'm trying to make a dockerfile with the base image ubuntu:latest and nginx on it. The problem is that everything installs perfectly but the moment Nginx gets installed it asks for a geographic area and timezone. Screenshot Terminal

Is there a way to someway silent install Nginx or install a version that doesn't ask these questions?

Command I use:
apt-get install nginx -y

The -s flag doesn't do anything.

Please include the Dockerfile and the command you are using to build it to reproduce the problem. — programmerq, May 05 '21 at 14:44

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '21 at 15:01

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The prompt for geographic location is from tzdata, you can see that from few lines before the included screenshot.

To work around the issue I added in a RUN directive:

RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get -y install tzdata

Now "apt-get install nginx -y" will not prompt for the geographic location.

The officila nginx image in Docker Hub has a Dockerfile with more packages installed, you may want to look for reference here.

answered May 05 '21 at 15:01

ddorsogna

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Thanks @ddors! Your command was a push in the right way. Command wasn't working but after some research I found that you could do this simply: `ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive` – NoahNxT May 05 '21 at 15:54

Skip Nginx Geographical questions Ubuntu Dockerfile

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