# Build and push your first image — Build and push the image

> Now that you have a repository, you are ready to build and push your image.

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## Knowledge

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Now that you have a repository, you are ready to build and push your image. An important note is that the image you are building extends the Node image, meaning you don't need to install or configure Node, yarn, etc. You can simply focus on what makes your application unique.

&gt; What is an image/Dockerfile? &gt; &gt; Without going too deep yet, think of a container image as a single package that contains &gt; everything needed to run a process. In this case, it will contain a Node environment, &gt; the backend code, and the compiled React code. &gt; &gt; Any machine that runs a container using the image, will then be able to run the application as &gt; it was built without needing anything else pre-installed on the machine. &gt; &gt; A Dockerfile is a text-based script that provides the instruction set on how to build &gt; the image. For this quick start, the repository already contains the Dockerfile.

To get started, either clone or download the project as a ZIP file to your local machine.

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```console
   $ git clone https://github.com/docker/getting-started-todo-app
```

And after the project is cloned, navigate into the new directory created by the clone

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```console
   $ cd getting-started-todo-app
```

Build the project by running the following command, swapping out DOCKER_USERNAME with your username.

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```console
    $ docker build -t &lt;DOCKER_USERNAME&gt;/getting-started-todo-app .
```

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```console
    $ docker build -t mobydock/getting-started-todo-app .
```

To verify the image exists locally, you can use the docker image ls command

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```console
    $ docker image ls
```

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```console
    REPOSITORY                          TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED          SIZE
    mobydock/getting-started-todo-app   latest    1543656c9290   2 minutes ago    1.12GB
    ...
```

To push the image, use the docker push command. Be sure to replace DOCKER_USERNAME with your username …

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