Docker Operations

Dockerfiles

The repository provides several Dockerfiles in etc/docker/:

Dockerfile	Purpose
Dockerfile.client	Main Base Reth Node client
Dockerfile.builder	Block builder service
Dockerfile.devnet	Local development network setup
Dockerfile.websocket-proxy	WebSocket proxy for flashblock streaming

Building Images

Client Node

docker build -t base-reth-node -f etc/docker/Dockerfile.client .

Builder

docker build -t base-builder -f etc/docker/Dockerfile.builder .

WebSocket Proxy

docker build -t websocket-proxy -f etc/docker/Dockerfile.websocket-proxy .

Running Containers

docker run -it --rm \
  -p 8545:8545 \
  -p 8546:8546 \
  -p 30303:30303 \
  -v /path/to/data:/data \
  base-reth-node [OPTIONS]

Common flags:

• -p 8545:8545 — HTTP JSON-RPC
• -p 8546:8546 — WebSocket JSON-RPC
• -p 30303:30303 — P2P networking
• -v /path/to/data:/data — Persistent data volume

Docker Compose

The repository includes a Docker Compose configuration for running a local devnet:

docker compose --env-file etc/docker/devnet-env \
  -f etc/docker/docker-compose.yml up -d --build

See Local Devnet for the full devnet setup guide.

Production Images

For production use, the official images are published at:

ghcr.io/base/node-reth

See the base/node repository for release tags and configuration.