How to change docker image names on deployment with azd

[christiannagel]

How can I customize a docker image name?

Using azd up, the images are named azd-deploy-container-identifier with the latest tag. The identifier changes with every new deployment.
I didn't find information about how to customize this. It looks like the element ContainerRepository from the csproj file isn't used.

[davidfowl]

AFAIK azd is using container publish https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/docker/publish-as-container?pivots=dotnet-8-0. Defaulting the container name to the resource name. I think you can override it.

cc@baronfel

[christiannagel]

Thanks @davidfowl

@baronfel, azd deploy creates a new repository every time this command runs, e.g.
azd-deploy-bot-1707570986
azd-deploy-bot-1707571578
all with the latest tag.

I would like to override the name, e.g. codebreaker-bot, use tags for the version, and the latest tag for the newest build.
azd deploy might use dotnet publish but doesn't use the csproj setting for ContainerRepository.

How can this be customized?

[baronfel]

I believe azd is overriding the image name via that property at the command line. Command line properties are 'global properties' in MSBuild terminology, and cannot be changed by your project file.

I noticed while pairing with @davidfowl earlier this week that azd always generates these image names, but never uses a base name with a tag. We should figure out why that is, and if we can get them to use ContainerImageTag(s) for this instead of forcibly overwriting a users specified ContainerRepository.

[davidfowl]

@christiannagel can you file an issue on https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev/issues?

[christiannagel]

@davidfowl - done: Azure/azure-dev#3335