Currently I’m planning to dockerize some web applications but I didn’t find a reasonably easy way do create the images to be hosted in my repository so I can pull them on my server.
What I currently have is:
- A local computer with a directory where the application that I want to dockerize is located
- A “docker server” running Portainer without shell/ssh access
- A place where I can upload/host the Docker images and where I can pull the images from on the “Docker server”
- Basic knowledge on how to write the needed
Dockerfile
What I now need is a sane way to build the images WITHOUT setting up a fully featured Docker environment on the local computer.
Ideally something where I can build the images and upload them but without that something “littering Docker-related files all over my system”.
Something like a VM that resets on every start maybe? So … build the image, upload to repository, close the terminal window, and forget that anything ever happened.
What is YOUR solution to create and upload Docker images in a clean and sane way?
Poorly
What does your economic status have to do with creating docker images?
My code ain’t the only thing that’s broke
I build, configure, and deploy them with nix flakes for maximum reproducibility. It’s the way you should be doing it for archival purposes. With this tech, you can rebuild any docker image identically to today’s in 100 years.
https://youtu.be/0uixRE8xlbY?si=NIIFyzRhXDmcU8Kh
and here’s a link to a blog post, showing how to create a docker image and rust dev environment.
https://johns.codes/blog/rust-enviorment-and-docker-build-with-nix-flakes
I knew you were going to mention nix before reading you post.
::Robert Redford nodding gif::
Nix + dockerTools.
Doesn’t even need docker, and if buitt with flakes I don’t even have to checkout the repo.
For local testing: build and run tests on whatever computer I’m developing on.
For deployment: I have a self hosted gitlab instance in a kubernetes cluster. It comes with a registry all setup. Push the project, let the cicd pipeline build, test, and deploy through staging into prod.
I use podman, and the standalone tool “buildah” can build images from dockerfiles, and the tool “skopeo” can upload it to an image repository.
pycharm + selfhosted docker registry
Docker, Jenkins, Docker-in-Docker (dind)
Maybe this would work for you?
