A simple Ubuntu container with Git and other common utilities installed.
| Metadata | Value |
|---|---|
| Categories | Core, Other |
| Image type | Dockerfile |
| Published images | mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu |
| Available image variants | ubuntu-24.04 / noble, ubuntu-22.04 / jammy, ubuntu-20.04 / focal (full list) |
| Published image architecture(s) | x86-64, aarch64/arm64 for ubuntu-22.04 (jammy) and ubuntu-24.04 (noble) variants |
| Container host OS support | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Container OS | Ubuntu |
| Languages, platforms | Any |
See history for information on the contents of published images.
You can directly reference pre-built versions of Dockerfile by using the image property in .devcontainer/devcontainer.json or updating the FROM statement in your own Dockerfile to one of the following. An example Dockerfile is included in this repository.
mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu(latest LTS release)mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-24.04(ornoble)mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-22.04(orjammy)mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-20.04(orfocal)
Refer to this guide for more details.
You can decide how often you want updates by referencing a semantic version of each image. For example:
mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:1-jammymcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:1.0-jammymcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:1.0.0-jammy
See history for information on the contents of each version and here for a complete list of available tags.
Alternatively, you can use the contents of .devcontainer to fully customize your container's contents or to build it for a container host architecture not supported by the image.
Beyond git, this image / Dockerfile includes zsh, Oh My Zsh!, a non-root vscode user with sudo access, and a set of common dependencies for development.
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Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE