# from

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds a FROM statement to start a Dockerfile stage

## Definition

```typescript
interface DockerfileBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  from(
    image: string,
    stageName?: string): DockerfileStage
}
```

## Parameters

- `image` (`string`)
- `stageName` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

[DockerfileStage](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/dockerfilestage.md)

## Applies to

- [DockerfileBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/dockerfilebuilder.md)