# Bitnami Shell packaged by Bitnami

## What is Bitnami Shell?

> Bitnami Shell is a general-purpose image based on minideb. It is a minimal image well-suited to helper tasks, such as running initialization tasks in initContainers from Helm charts.

[Overview of Bitnami Shell](https://bitnami.com)

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

```console
$ docker run --name bitnami-shell bitnami/bitnami-shell: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](https://github.com/bitnami/minideb) a minimalist Debian based container image which gives you a small base container image and the familiarity of a leading Linux distribution.
* All Bitnami images available in Docker Hub are signed with [Docker Content Trust (DCT)](https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/trust/content_trust/). You can use `DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1` to verify the integrity of the images.
* Bitnami container images are released daily with the latest distribution packages available.

## 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](https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).


* [`10`, `10-debian-10`, `10-debian-10-r434`, `latest` (10/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-bitnami-shell/blob/10-debian-10-r434/10/debian-10/Dockerfile)

Subscribe to project updates by watching the [bitnami/bitnami-shell GitHub repo](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-bitnami-shell).

## Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami bitnami-shell Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the [Docker Hub Registry](https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/bitnami-shell).

```console
$ docker pull bitnami/bitnami-shell:latest
```

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the [list of available versions](https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/bitnami-shell/tags/) in the Docker Hub Registry.

```console
$ docker pull bitnami/bitnami-shell:[TAG]
```

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself.

```console
$ docker build -t bitnami/bitnami-shell:latest 'https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-bitnami-shell.git#master:10/debian-10'
```

## Configuration

### Running commands

To run commands inside this container you can use `docker run`, for example to execute `echo Hello world` you can follow the example below:

```console
$ docker run --rm --name bitnami-shell bitnami/bitnami-shell:latest echo hello world
```

## Contributing

We'd love for you to contribute to this container. You can request new features by creating an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-bitnami-shell/issues), or submit a [pull request](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-bitnami-shell/pulls) with your contribution.

## Issues

If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-bitnami-shell/issues/new). For us to provide better support, be sure to include the following information in your issue:

- Host OS and version
- Docker version (`docker version`)
- Output of `docker info`
- Version of this container
- The command you used to run the container, and any relevant output you saw (masking any sensitive information)

## License

Copyright © 2022 Bitnami

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

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