Bitnami package for Golang

What is Golang?

Go is an object oriented programming language with sensible primitives, static typing and reflection. It also supports packages for efficient management of dependencies.

Overview of Golang Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies, and use of them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

TL;DR

docker run --name golang bitnami/golang:latest

Why use Bitnami Images?

• Bitnami closely tracks upstream source changes and promptly publishes new versions of this image using our automated systems.
• With Bitnami images the latest bug fixes and features are available as soon as possible.
• Bitnami containers, virtual machines and cloud images use the same components and configuration approach - making it easy to switch between formats based on your project needs.
• All our images are based on minideb -a minimalist Debian based container image that gives you a small base container image and the familiarity of a leading Linux distribution- or scratch -an explicitly empty image-.
• All Bitnami images available in Docker Hub are signed with Notation. Check this post to know how to verify the integrity of the images.
• Bitnami container images are released on a regular basis with the latest distribution packages available.

Looking to use Golang in production? Try VMware Tanzu Application Catalog, the commercial edition of the Bitnami catalog.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags in our documentation page.

You can see the equivalence between the different tags by taking a look at the tags-info.yaml file present in the branch folder, i.e bitnami/ASSET/BRANCH/DISTRO/tags-info.yaml.

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Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami Golang Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/golang:latest

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the list of available versions in the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/golang:[TAG]

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself by cloning the repository, changing to the directory containing the Dockerfile and executing the docker build command. Remember to replace the APP, VERSION and OPERATING-SYSTEM path placeholders in the example command below with the correct values.

git clone https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git
cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
docker build -t bitnami/APP:latest .

Persisting your application

For persistence you should mount a directory at the /bitnami path. If the mounted directory is empty, it will be initialized on the first run.

docker run \
    -v /path/to/golang-persistence:/bitnami \
    bitnami/golang:latest

You can also do this with a minor change to the docker-compose.yml file present in this repository:

golang:
  ...
  volumes:
    - /path/to/golang-persistence:/bitnami
  ...

Connecting to other containers

Using Docker container networking, a different server running inside a container can easily be accessed by your application containers and vice-versa.

Containers attached to the same network can communicate with each other using the container name as the hostname.

Using the Command Line

Step 1: Create a network

docker network create golang-network --driver bridge

Step 2: Launch the Golang container within your network

Use the --network <NETWORK> argument to the docker run command to attach the container to the golang-network network.

docker run --name golang-node1 --network golang-network bitnami/golang:latest

Step 3: Run another containers

We can launch another containers using the same flag (--network NETWORK) in the docker run command. If you also set a name to your container, you will be able to use it as hostname in your network.

Configuration

Running your Golang project

The default workspace for the Bitnami Golang image is /go (GOPATH, consult Golang documentation for more info about workspaces). You can mount your custom Golang project from your host, and run it normally using the go command.

$ docker -it --name golang run \
  -v /path/to/your/project:/go/src/project \
  bitnami/golang \
  bash -ec 'cd src/project && go run .'

Logging

The Bitnami Golang Docker image sends the container logs to stdout. To view the logs:

docker logs golang

You can configure the containers logging driver using the --log-driver option if you wish to consume the container logs differently. In the default configuration docker uses the json-file driver.

Maintenance

Upgrade this image

Bitnami provides up-to-date versions of Golang, including security patches, soon after they are made upstream. We recommend that you follow these steps to upgrade your container.

Step 1: Get the updated image

docker pull bitnami/golang:latest

Step 2: Stop the running container

Stop the currently running container using the command

docker stop golang

Step 3: Remove the currently running container

docker rm -v golang

Step 4: Run the new image

Re-create your container from the new image.

docker run --name golang bitnami/golang:latest

Using docker-compose.yaml

Please be aware this file has not undergone internal testing. Consequently, we advise its use exclusively for development or testing purposes.

If you detect any issue in the docker-compose.yaml file, feel free to report it or contribute with a fix by following our Contributing Guidelines.

Contributing

We'd love for you to contribute to this container. You can request new features by creating an issue or submitting a pull request with your contribution.

Issues

If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an issue. For us to provide better support, be sure to fill the issue template.

License

Copyright © 2024 Broadcom. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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.