# Is there no official Docker image for Ansible?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-no-official-docker-image-for-ansible/34498>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [January 23, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-no-official-docker-image-for-ansible/34498 "2021-01-23T16:42:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Reagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@David\_Reagan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Reagan)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-no-official-docker-image-for-ansible/34498/1 "2021-01-23T16:42:34Z")

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Hey all,

I just thought of a very edge case use for Ansible that would work well if I could run it via Docker. When I looked for an image, I found that ansible/ansible hasn’t been updated in 3 years.

Before I commit to just installing it inside an Ubuntu image, I thought I’d confirm that there is no official image. Is that true?

Thanks!

- David

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**Author:** ![Dakota\_Heyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dakota\_Heyman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dakota_Heyman)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-no-official-docker-image-for-ansible/34498/2 "2021-01-24T16:45:51Z")

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I would love to know this answer as well. I’ve had good success using Jeff Geerling’s container images: [https://ansible.jeffgeerling.com/#container-images-testing](https://ansible.jeffgeerling.com/#container-images-testing) but would ideally use an official image.

Thanks,  
Dakota

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-no-official-docker-image-for-ansible/34498/3 "2021-01-25T15:06:17Z")

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We do not maintain an independent docker image for ansible itself.

You should look into the ansible-runner image, as that is the base used by ansible-builder, and will become more common with the introduction of execution environments.