HtmlToPdf

Html to Pdf - Docker tutorial

Structure:

• HtmlToPdf.Console - .NET Core Console application that converts HTML to PDF.
• Dockerfile.windows - the Dockerfile for running HtmlToPdf.Console under Windows containers
• Dockerfile.linux - the Dockerfile for running HtmlToPdf.Console under Linux containers

Initialization steps

• Clone the current repository or download as the archive file:

git clone https://github.com/iron-software/tutorials.git

• Change the current folder to this tutorial context by the next command

cd .\tutorials\IronPdf\Docker\HtmlToPdf

Steps for the Docker with Windows container:

• Switch the Docker to Windows containers: Use the menu item 'Switch to Windows containers...' from the Docker Desktop or the next command

"C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\DockerCli.exe" -SwitchWindowsEngine

• Build the Docker image based on Windows Core Server:

docker build --rm -t htmltopdf.windows -f Dockerfile.windows .

• Run the Docker image Replace the place holder %PDF-RESULT% by a path to result folder, e.g. C:\temp\pdf-result (the path should be exist before run the command).

docker run -v %PDF-RESULT%:c:\pdf-result --rm --user=ContainerAdministrator htmltopdf.windows https://google.com c:\pdf-result\google.com.pdf

The result should be like that:

    C:\>docker run --rm --user=ContainerAdministrator -v c:\temp\pdf-result:c:\pdf-result htmltopdf https://google.com c:\pdf-result\google.com.pdf
     IronPdf 2020.3.2.0 sample: converts HTML to PDF
     Arguments:
             html=https://google.com
             pdf=c:\pdf-result\google.com.pdf
     
     IronPDF:Chromium initialized (msgid 80010106)
     Result saved to: c:\pdf-result\google.com.pdf

Steps for the Docker with Linux container:

• Switch the Docker to Linux containers: Use the menu item 'Switch to Linux containers...' from the Docker Desktop or the next command

"C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\DockerCli.exe" -SwitchLinuxEngine

• Build the Docker image based on Windows Nano Server:

docker build --rm -t htmltopdf.linux -f Dockerfile.linux .

• Run the Docker image Replace the place holder %PDF-RESULT% by a path to result folder, e.g. C:\temp\pdf-result (the path should be exist before run the command).

docker run -v %PDF-RESULT%:/pdf-result --rm --user=ContainerAdministrator htmltopdf.linux https://google.com /pdf-result/google.com.pdf

The result should be like that:

    C:\>docker run --rm --user=ContainerAdministrator -v c:\temp\pdf-result:/pdf-result htmltopdf https://google.com /pdf-result/google.com.pdf
     IronPdf 2020.3.2.0 sample: converts HTML to PDF
     Arguments:
             html=https://google.com
             pdf=/pdf-result/google.com.pdf
     
     IronPDF:Chromium initialized (msgid 80010106)
     IronPdf.Installation.LinuxAndDockerDependenciesAutoConfig == true
     Attempting to automatically install Linux / Docker dependencies.  This may take some time on your first run on this machine.
     ...
     Linux / Docker dependency installation success
     Result saved to: /pdf-result/google.com.pdf