Merge pull request #5275 from ntgussoni/docs/disable_docker_in_docker_software_template_docs

[Software Templates] Disable docker in docker docs
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Ben Lambert
2021-04-09 16:44:07 +02:00
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@@ -265,3 +265,15 @@ GITHUB_TOKEN=<token> yarn start
If you've also set up the frontend plugin, so you should be ready to go browse
the templates at [localhost:3000/create](http://localhost:3000/create) now!
### Disabling Docker in Docker situation (Optional)
Software Templates use
[Cookiecutter](https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter) as templating
library. By default it will use the
[spotify/backstage-cookiecutter](<[spotify/backstage-cookiecutter](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/37e35b910afc7d1270855aed0ec4718aba366c91/plugins/scaffolder-backend/scripts/Cookiecutter.dockerfile)>)
docker image.
If you are running backstage from a Docker container and you want to avoid
calling a container inside a container, you can set up Cookiecutter in your own
image, this will use the local installation instead.