# ContainerResource.withDockerfile

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Defined on: [ContainerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/containerresource.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Causes Aspire to build the specified container image from a Dockerfile.

## Definition

```typescript
interface ContainerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withDockerfile(
      contextPath: string,
      dockerfilePath?: string,
      stage?: string): ContainerResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
withDockerfile(
    contextPath: string,
    dockerfilePath?: string,
    stage?: string): ContainerResource
```

## Parameters

- `contextPath` (`string`)
- `dockerfilePath` (`string`) `optional`
- `stage` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

[ContainerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/containerresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [ContainerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/containerresource.md) -- `handle`