Docker command fails during build, but succeeds while executed within running container
The pwd is not persistent across RUN commands. You need to cd and configure within the same RUN. This Dockerfile works fine: FROM ubuntu:12.10 RUN apt-get update RUN apt-get -y install libpcre3 libssl-dev RUN apt-get -y install libpcre3-dev RUN apt-get -y install wget zip gcc RUN wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.4.1.tar.gz RUN gunzip nginx-1.4.1.tar.gz RUN tar -xf nginx-1.4.1.tar … Read more