Forge Containers are now available through Forge's Early Access Program (EAP). To start testing this feature, submit your app's ID to our team through this link.

EAPs are offered to selected users for testing and feedback purposes. APIs and features under EAP are unsupported and subject to change without notice. APIs and features under EAP are not recommended for use in production environments.

For more details, see Forge EAP, Preview, and GA.

The following references provide more detailed information about the different tools, options, and requirements behind building containerised services in Forge.

Manifest

A full reference on declaring your app's services, containers, and image repos in the app manifest.

CLI

Forge CLI tools for managing services, containers, and image repos.

API contract

Building and handling containerised service API requests (includes environment variables injected upon deployment).

Logging

Default logging values added to your app logs, along with instructions for enriching logging data.

GLOSSARY

The implementation of Forge Containers varies slightly from how traditional containerised services work. Refer to the following Glossary to understand how specific terms are used in Forge Containers.