docker build with --build-arg with multiple arguments

Question

According to the documentation, it\'s possible to define multiple args for the flag --build-arg, but I can\'t find out how. I tried the following:

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Answer 1

Use --build-arg with each argument.

If you are passing two argument then add --build-arg with each argument like:

docker build \
-t essearch/ess-elasticsearch:1.7.6 \
--build-arg number_of_shards=5 \
--build-arg number_of_replicas=2 \
--no-cache .