I went by the line: This connector deploys the playbook directly into Docker containers using the *local* Docker client. I would have liked to use the client from the remote system within the ssh session. Does exposing a deamon with root access external systems sound like a reasonable solution? That feels scary.
On Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 2:25:37 PM UTC-7, Matt Martz wrote: > > The docker connection implements docker exec and docker cp. it does work > with remote docker servers but does require that the daemon be exposed. > > See > http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_inventory.html#non-ssh-connection-types > > On Thursday, September 29, 2016, Joaquin Menchaca <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I was wondering, as docker seems to be more popular to administer >> servers, not local development systems, what is the point of docker >> connection? It's utility seems rather limited. >> >> The docker connection only works on localhost, not on with the docker >> deamon running on the remote target system you are configuring. >> >> Thus it is useful to configure the current system you are on, but not so >> much for a remote system. You could remotely run an ansible script that >> works with containers on that system, or do some fancy ssh tunnel, but it >> is easier to just use command or shell and run `docker exec`. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/050590d6-0ae6-4c22-8469-6437d1b70dcf%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/050590d6-0ae6-4c22-8469-6437d1b70dcf%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Matt Martz > @sivel > sivel.net > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/8a55c2e2-5e68-43f3-bfca-bff6872919df%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
