Docker image for running and building Docker images in an Azure Pipelines container job

⚠️ This repository is deprecated

This image is no longer maintained. The Docker CLI is now part of azure-pipelines-terra in our new monorepo: swissgrc/docker-azure-pipelines.

Migration:

# Old
ghcr.io/swissgrc/azure-pipelines-dockercli:<tag>
docker.io/swissgrc/azure-pipelines-dockercli:<tag>

# New
ghcr.io/swissgrc/azure-pipelines-terra:<tag>

Timeline:

• 2026-05-01 — Deprecated, repository archived (read-only)
• 2026-07-01 — Container images on ghcr.io and docker.io will be deleted. All existing tags remain available until this date.
• 2026-09-01 — This repository will be deleted from GitHub

Questions about migration? Please use the Discussions on the new repository.

Docker image to run and build Docker images in Azure Pipelines container jobs. The image contains Docker CLI and Docker Compose to access Docker engine on the agent.

Usage

This image can be used to run and build Docker images in Azure Pipelines container jobs.

Azure Pipelines Container Job

To use the image in an Azure Pipelines Container Job, add one of the following example tasks and use it with the container property.

The following example shows the container used for a deployment step which shows Docker CLI version:

  - stage: deploy
    jobs:
      - deployment: runDotNet
        container: swissgrc/azure-pipelines-dockercli:latest
        environment: smarthotel-dev
        strategy:
          runOnce:
            deploy:
              steps:
                - bash: |
                    docker --version

Included Software

• Debian 13 as base image
• Docker CLI
• Docker Compose
• BuildX

Tags

Tag	Description	Size
latest	Latest stable release (from main branch)
unstable	Latest unstable release (from develop branch)
x.y.z	Image for a specific version of Docker CLI