ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine
Isolated IronPDF container for easy HTML-to-PDF generation on any platform!
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Currently supports Java and .NET
Only works with IronPDF v.2023.2.x and above
IronPdfEngine is a gRPC service which can handle the creating, writing, editing, and reading of PDFs.
IronPDF Docker is ready to run docker services with compatible versions of IronPDF (v2023.2.x and above). This will help developers eradicate deployment issues that they may be experiencing with IronPDF.
IronPDF requires both Chrome and Pdfium binaries in order to operate which are huge in file size (hundreds of MBs). It also requires several dependencies to be installed on the machine.
By using this method, your client will only take up a fraction of the size (in MB).
It can be difficult to configure the environment/container to properly include all dependencies. Using the IronPDF Docker container means that IronPDF comes pre-installed and guaranteed to work, avoiding all deployment and dependency headaches.
Using IronPDF Docker container totally mitigates a critical issue that some users experience when running IronPdf in a Linux container.
The IronPDF Docker tag is based on the version of IronPdfEngine itself. It is not the same version as the IronPDF product.
Each IronPDF version will have its own associated IronPdfEngine version. The version number must match the IronPDF Docker version.
For example: For IronPDF for Java
version 2023.2.1
requires IronPdfEngine version 2023.2.1
. You cannot use mistmatched IronPdfEngine and IronPDF versions.
Add IronPdf to your project.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ironsoftware</groupId>
<artifactId>ironpdf</artifactId>
<version>20xx.xx.xxxx</version>
</dependency>
| More info: https://ironpdf.com/java/docs/
By default, the IronPDF for Docker version will match the current version of IronPDF on NuGet.
You may additionally confirm by checking the version manually:
string ironPdfEngineVersion = Settings.getIronPdfEngineVersion();
Pull the version from the previous step.
For example for IronPDF for Docker
:
docker pull ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine
docker run -d -p 33350:33350 ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine
Now IronPDF for Docker is up and running!
Port 33350 is the default internal port of IronPdfEngine
Settings.useIronPdfEngineDocker(33350);
com.ironsoftware:ironpdf-engine-xxxx-xx
is no longer used, so you should remove it from your project.Run your IronPDF code, your app now talks to the IronPdfEngine in Docker!
Add the IronPdf.Slim Nuget package to your project.
https://www.nuget.org/packages/IronPdf.Slim/
| More info: https://ironpdf.com/docs/
Note: IronPdf
, IronPdf.Linux
and IronPdf.MacOs
Packages all contain IronPdf.Slim.
To reduce your application size, we recommend installing just IronPdf.Slim. Package IronPdf.Native.Chrome.xxx
is no longer used, so you can remove it from your project.
By default, the IronPDF for Docker version will match the current version of IronPDF on NuGet.
You may additionally confirm by checking the version manually:
string ironPdfEngineVersion = Installation.IronPdfEngineVersion();
Step 3.i - Without Docker Compose
Pull the version from the previous step.
For example for `IronPDF for Docker:
docker pull ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine
docker run -d -p 33350:33350 ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine
Port 33350 is the default internal port of IronPdfEngine
Now IronPDF for Docker is up and running!
Step 3.ii - With Docker Compose
Config docker network
docker network create -d bridge --attachable --subnet=172.19.0.0/16 --gateway=172.19.0.1 ironpdf-network
docker run -d -e IRONPDF_ENGINE_LICENSE_KEY=MY_LICENSE_KEY --network=ironpdf-network --ip=172.19.0.2 --name=ironpdfengine --hostname=ironpdfengine -p 33350:33350 ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine:2023.2.1
Set up your Docker Compose file using the following template:
version: "3.3"
services:
ironpdfengine:
container_name: ironpdfengine
image: ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine:latest
networks:
ironpdf-network:
ipv4_address: 172.19.0.2
myconsoleapp:
container_name: myconsoleapp
build:
# enter YOUR project directory path here
context: ./MyConsoleApp/
# enter YOUR dockerfile name here, relative to project directory
dockerfile: Dockerfile
networks:
ironpdf-network:
ipv4_address: 172.19.0.3
depends_on:
ironpdfengine:
condition: service_started
networks:
ironpdf-network:
driver: bridge
ipam:
config:
- subnet: 172.19.0.0/16
gateway: 172.19.0.1
And then run your docker compose command like the following:
docker compose up --detach --force-recreate --remove-orphans --timestamps
Add this line:
Installation.UseIronPdfEngineDocker();
Run your IronPDF code, your app now talks to the IronPdfEngine in Docker!
Client Test Code
Installation.UseIronPdfEngineDocker();
ChromePdfRenderer renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();
PdfDocument pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1>Hello IronPDF Docker!<h1>");
pdf.SaveAs("ironpdf.pdf");
Visit https://ironpdf.com/how-to/ironpdfengine-docker/ for more information on how to use IronPDF for Docker.
docker pull ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine