docs: add notes regarding remote builds and context #536
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Problem to solve
I mistakenly thought I had to copy my Dockerfile and other files relevant to the build to the remote host where I wanted to build the image before the
docker_image
resource creation.How to reproduce
Summary of Terraform configuration:
Original error I encountered:
How to solve
I eventually figured out that the build would work when I set
build.context = "."
onresource.docker_image.recursor
.I added a few comments in the documentation to clarify that the build context is local even when the provider is configured with a remote host.