Discovered that if I use USER root in the Dockerfile I have to then do USER basex before the end so that the container will be running as basex, otherwise it does not start up correctly. I also have to chown the /srv/.basex file to basex otherwise it can’t overwrite it on startup.
Made some progress but something is still not working. I now have a Dockerfile based on basex/dba that results in a running system with the both the dba and my custom app runnable. However, if I then add this: COPY basex/dot_basex /srv/.basex As before, on startup I get this: docker run --name linkmgr-test -p 8984:8984 link-manager-test /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'CATFILE'. /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'DTD'. /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'SKIPCORRUPT'. /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'CHOP'. /srv/.basex: writing new configuration file. Creating /srv/BaseXWeb/WEB-INF/web.xml Creating /srv/BaseXWeb/WEB-INF/jetty.xml I think this Unknown option this is actually an issue with the file itself but I don’t recall what the exact cause and/or solution was. Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber http://contrext.com On 3/26/17, 1:40 PM, "Eliot Kimber" <basex-talk-boun...@mailman.uni-konstanz.de on behalf of ekim...@contrext.com> wrote: I’m trying to set up a Docker container with my own Web app using the latest official containers as a base and following the instructions in the latest BaseX docs. As part of this setup I need to add several additional options. I also want to include the dba app. Following the instructions in the docs I’m putting my additional options in /srv/.basex and these take effect. However, if I use the basex/dba image as a base, the other options, such as the custom REPOPATH and WEBPATH settings do not get used. It’s not clear to me from looking at the various Dockerfiles how the dba container sets the options and how I can then add to them without overwriting them. Of course I can duplicate the options in my Dockerfile but it seems like I should be able to add my options additively but I’m not seeing how to do it, so I feel I’m missing something. In my Dockerfile I have: COPY basex/dot_basex /srv/.basex If I don’t include this line then the container otherwise works in that my Web app is there but it requires these additional options in order to function properly. If I include it then the effective options reflect only my changes and not those required for the custom Web apps to work. Thanks, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber http://contrext.com
