# **DEPRECATED**

This image is officially deprecated (especially now that Upstart is no longer the default init system for Ubuntu) and will receive no further updates. Please adjust your usage accordingly.

# Supported tags and respective `Dockerfile` links

-	[`12.04`, `precise` (*sbin-init/ubuntu/upstart/12.04/Dockerfile*)](https://github.com/tianon/dockerfiles/blob/4d24a12b54b75b3e0904d8a285900d88d3326361/sbin-init/ubuntu/upstart/12.04/Dockerfile)
-	[`14.04`, `trusty`, `latest` (*sbin-init/ubuntu/upstart/14.04/Dockerfile*)](https://github.com/tianon/dockerfiles/blob/4d24a12b54b75b3e0904d8a285900d88d3326361/sbin-init/ubuntu/upstart/14.04/Dockerfile)
-	[`14.10`, `utopic` (*sbin-init/ubuntu/upstart/14.10/Dockerfile*)](https://github.com/tianon/dockerfiles/blob/4d24a12b54b75b3e0904d8a285900d88d3326361/sbin-init/ubuntu/upstart/14.10/Dockerfile)

[![](https://badge.imagelayers.io/ubuntu-upstart:latest.svg)](https://imagelayers.io/?images=ubuntu-upstart:12.04,ubuntu-upstart:14.04,ubuntu-upstart:14.10)

For more information about this image and its history, please see [the relevant manifest file (`library/ubuntu-upstart`)](https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/blob/master/library/ubuntu-upstart). This image is updated via [pull requests to the `docker-library/official-images` GitHub repo](https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pulls?q=label%3Alibrary%2Fubuntu-upstart).

For detailed information about the virtual/transfer sizes and individual layers of each of the above supported tags, please see [the `ubuntu-upstart/tag-details.md` file](https://github.com/docker-library/docs/blob/master/ubuntu-upstart/tag-details.md) in [the `docker-library/docs` GitHub repo](https://github.com/docker-library/docs).

# What is Upstart?

Upstart is an event-based replacement for the traditional init daemon – the method by which several Unix-like computer operating systems perform tasks when the computer is started. It was written by Scott James Remnant, a former employee of Canonical Ltd.

> [wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstart)

![logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker-library/docs/9a6eb1db57c8882706a010edb9d340045029382a/ubuntu-upstart/logo.png)

# Supported Docker versions

This image is officially supported on Docker version 1.11.0.

Support for older versions (down to 1.6) is provided on a best-effort basis.

Please see [the Docker installation documentation](https://docs.docker.com/installation/) for details on how to upgrade your Docker daemon.

# User Feedback

## Documentation

Documentation for this image is stored in the [`ubuntu-upstart/` directory](https://github.com/docker-library/docs/tree/master/ubuntu-upstart) of the [`docker-library/docs` GitHub repo](https://github.com/docker-library/docs). Be sure to familiarize yourself with the [repository's `REAMDE.md` file](https://github.com/docker-library/docs/blob/master/README.md) before attempting a pull request.

## Issues

This image is provided on an as-is basis. If problems with it are discovered, they can be discussed in the `#docker-library` IRC channel on [Freenode](https://freenode.net), but any support will be best-effort.