Hi Josh,

Can you add in README.md how an end user would use that to build a
container based on some helloworld.yml, etc?

referring to https://github.com/wrale/docker-dna/blob/master/README.md



On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nicolas,
>
> I've done something similar with my DockerDNA project:
> https://github.com/wrale/docker-dna
>
> Thanks,
> Joshua
>
>
> On Monday, November 25, 2013 11:31:54 AM UTC-5, Nicolas Dudebout wrote:
>>
>> There are two approaches to configuring a Docker container with Ansible:
>> + CHROOT: configure a rootfs with the chroot connection plugin and import
>> it in Docker
>> + SSH: launch an ssh server in the container and use Ansible with the
>> default SSH connection plugin
>>
>> Each approach presents a drawback:
>> + CHROOT: cannot save the state of the container in between runs of
>> Ansible.
>> This prevents Docker from sharing rootfs layers and therefore prevents
>> caching.
>> + SSH: requires an SSH server running in the container.
>> This SSH server is not necessarily a desired service in the container.
>> Furthermore, paying the SSH setup and encryption costs for a local
>> container seems silly.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be nice to harvest the power of Docker rootfs sharing/caching
>> with the following Dockerfile:
>> ```
>> PLUGIN ansible
>> FROM ubuntu
>> RUN apt-get install python apt-python
>> ANSIBLE install-things.yaml
>> ANSIBLE setup-things.yaml
>> ANSIBLE run-things.yaml
>> ```
>>
>> If I understand Docker builds correctly, a `RUN <command>` directive work
>> as follows:
>> + Start the Docker container with rootfs available after the last line,
>> and the command `<command>`.
>> + Once `<command>` ends, the container stops and the rootfs is saved.
>>
>> Implementing an Ansible directive seems to be doable, using the
>> accelerate connection plugin without an SSH setup phase as follows:
>> + Start the Docker container with the command `python -c "<ansible
>> accelerate daemon code>"`.
>> + Use `ansible-playbook` with the accelerate-no-ssh connection plugin (to
>> be implemented) to configure the container.
>> + Once `ansible-playbook` is done, the daemon stops which stops the
>> container, and the rootfs can be saved.
>>
>> I have started a discussion regarding the Docker side of things at:
>> https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/issues/2841<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdotcloud%2Fdocker%2Fissues%2F2841&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF0NLheCIOtEVSqv_JRAtd-sYAcTg>.
>> It also includes a little bit more of motivation of why I think Ansible and
>> Docker are a good match.
>>
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