buildx/docs/guides/cache/azblob.md

Azure Blob Storage cache storage

Warning

This cache backend is unreleased. You can use it today, by using the moby/buildkit:master image in your Buildx driver.

The azblob cache store uploads your resulting build cache to Azure's blob storage service.

Note

This cache storage backend requires using a different driver than the default docker driver - see more information on selecting a driver here. To create a new driver (which can act as a simple drop-in replacement):

docker buildx create --use --driver=docker-container

Synopsis

$ docker buildx build . --push -t <registry>/<image> \
  --cache-to type=azblob,name=<cache-image>[,parameters...] \
  --cache-from type=azblob,name=<cache-image>[,parameters...]

Common parameters:

• name: the name of the cache image.

Parameters for --cache-to:

• account_url: the base address of the blob storage account, for example: https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net. See authentication.
• secret_access_key: specifies the Azure Blob Storage account key, see authentication.
• mode: specify cache layers to export (default: min), see cache mode

Authentication

The secret_access_key, if left unspecified, is read from environment variables on the BuildKit server following the scheme for the Azure Go SDK. The environment variables are read from the server, not the Buildx client.

Further reading

For an introduction to caching see Optimizing builds with cache management.

For more information on the azblob cache backend, see the BuildKit README.