Adding PowerShell in Amazon Linux container
With my previous blog posts about installing PowerShell on the following Linux distros:
I will be demonstrating on how you can install PowerShell 6 in Amazon Linux 2 distro container.
Like my previous blog post, I will not be providing a break down of the steps
in the Dockerfile
with explainations except including comments in the
Dockerfile
to indicate what it is doing.
PowerShell for Amazon Linux container
In this section, I will provide a Dockerfile
text document file that contains
all the commands to build a Amazon Linux container and install PowerShell to
the Amazon Linux distro when you use DockerCLI docker build
command.
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Creating the Dockerfile
Let us create a new Dockerfile
text document file to begin with.
Next, copy the code below and paste it into that Dockerfile
text document
file.
Remember to save the Dockerfile
file and exit from your editor.
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# Pull Amazon Linux container image
FROM amazonlinux:latest AS build
# Define Args and Env needed to create links
ENV PS_INSTALL_FOLDER=/opt/microsoft/powershell/6 \
# Define ENVs for Localization/Globalization
DOTNET_SYSTEM_GLOBALIZATION_INVARIANT=false \
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 \
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
# Download the PowerShell RPM package
ADD https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v6.1.0/powershell-6.1.0-1.rhel.7.x86_64.rpm \
/tmp/powershell-linux.rpm
# Installation and configuration
RUN \
# Install dependencies
yum install -y \
# Required for help in powershell
less \
# Install powershell package
&& yum install -y /tmp/powershell-linux.rpm \
# Remove powershell package
&& rm -f /tmp/powershell-linux.rpm \
# Upgrade packages
&& yum upgrade -y \
# Clean cached data
&& yum clean all \
# Remove cache folders and files
&& rm -rf /var/cache/yum
# Configure entrypoint for the container
ENTRYPOINT ["pwsh", "-c"]
# Configure PowerShell as default shell for the container
CMD ["pwsh"]
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Building from the Dockerfile
Now, you will have to use the DockerCLI docker build
command to build the
Amazon Linux container from the instructions in the Dockerfile
text
document file.
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# Change to your working directory
cd \The\directory\where\your\Dockerfile\is\saved
# Build the container with the Dockerfile
docker build -t amazonlinux .
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Conclusion
Once the container build has completed, you can use the DockerCLI docker run
command to run the container and look at PowerShell instead of Bash.
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docker run --rm --interactive amazonlinux
And if you need to go back into Bash from the pwsh
in the container,
type bin/bash
to switch into Bash.
But if you requires to run the container in bash
, you can do it on the same
container with the command below.
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docker run --rm --interactive --tty amazonlinux bin/bash
And if you need to go back into PowerShell from the bash
in the container,
type pwsh
to switch into PowerShell.
That is it on how to get PowerShell Core 6 in this distro for Amazon Linux 2 folks.
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References
- Docker Docs - Dockerfile reference
- Microsoft Docs - Installing PowerShell Core on Linux
- Amazon Docs - User Guide
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