# Building base images for the MySQL operator

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/building-base-images-for-the-mysql-operator/31426>\
**Category:** Percona Operator for MySQL\
**Tags:** mysql\
**Created:** [July 4, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/building-base-images-for-the-mysql-operator/31426 "2024-07-04T11:24:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joshua\_Sierles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/joshua_sierles/32/13225_2.png) [@Joshua\_Sierles](https://forums.percona.com/u/Joshua_Sierles)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/building-base-images-for-the-mysql-operator/31426/1 "2024-07-04T11:24:02Z")

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I’d like to build a custom image for `perconalab/percona-server-mysql-operator:main-psmysql` which is used by the MySQL Operator. But I’m having trouble finding the repository and `Dockerfile` used to build it. Can someone point me there?

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Sarzhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/slava_sarzhan/32/3196_2.png) [@Slava\_Sarzhan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Slava_Sarzhan)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/building-base-images-for-the-mysql-operator/31426/2 "2024-07-04T12:37:32Z")

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Hi @Joshua_Sierles,  
You can find Dockerfile here [percona-server-mysql-operator/build/Dockerfile at main · percona/percona-server-mysql-operator · GitHub](https://github.com/percona/percona-server-mysql-operator/blob/main/build/Dockerfile)  
How to build it [percona-server-mysql-operator/e2e-tests at main · percona/percona-server-mysql-operator · GitHub](https://github.com/percona/percona-server-mysql-operator/tree/main/e2e-tests)

You can do it manually or using ./e2e-tests/build script.

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/building-base-images-for-the-mysql-operator/31426/3 "2024-07-04T12:39:28Z")

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Hi @Joshua_Sierles, can you also let us know what customizations you are wanting and why? I’ll send this to our team.