# What is a registry? — Clone sample Node.js code

> In order to create an image, you first need a project. To get you started quickly, you'll use a sample Node.js project found at github.com/dockersamples/helloworld-demo-node. This repository contains a pre-built Dockerfile necessary for building a Docker image. Don't worry about the specifics of the

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In order to create an image, you first need a project. To get you started quickly, you'll use a sample Node.js project found at github.com/dockersamples/helloworld-demo-node. This repository contains a pre-built Dockerfile necessary for building a Docker image.

Don't worry about the specifics of the Dockerfile, as you'll learn about that in later sections.

Clone the GitHub repository using the following command

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```console
   git clone https://github.com/dockersamples/helloworld-demo-node
```

Navigate into the newly created directory.

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```console
   cd helloworld-demo-node
```

Run the following command to build a Docker image, swapping out YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME with your username.

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```console
   docker build -t &lt;YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME&gt;/docker-quickstart .
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; Make sure you include the dot (.) at the end of the docker build command. This tells Docker where to find the Dockerfile.

Run the following command to list the newly created Docker image

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```console
   docker images
```

You will see output like the following

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```console
   REPOSITORY                                 TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED         SIZE
   &lt;YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME&gt;/docker-quickstart   latest    476de364f70e   2 minutes ago   170MB
```

Start a container to test the image by running the following command (swap out the username with your own username)

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```console
   docker run -d -p 8080:8080 &lt;YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME&gt;/docker-quickstart
```

You can verify if the container is working by visiting with your browser.

Use the docker tag command to tag the Docker image. Docker tags allow you to label and version your images.

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```console
   docker tag &lt;YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME&gt;/docker-quickstart &lt;YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME&gt;/docker-quickstart:1.0
```

Finally, it's time to push the newly built image to your Docker Hub repository by using the docker push command …

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