Support for Docker installation

[simoncn]

(12-10-2015 19:37)squarefrog Wrote:  It certainly doesn't need to be in there. It only needs to be in the same VM if it shares functionality. I'd always prefer to use a desktop tagging library, so if there is no need for Minim to use it then it doesn't need to be there.

Essentially what using Docker achieves is allowing you access to the disk pool and shares locally rather than over a network. You can still connect to the network shares like any other NAS out there. Just with the added security from sandboxing applications so they can't access anything they shouldn't.

So am I right in thinking then that, provided with a folder, Minim will install all components to that folder? There are no other scattered files, such as user prefs, etc.

That's right. It's not very Linux-like but it seems to be well suited to how Docker works.

Quote:You previously mentioned that the method used in the current docker is being deprecated soon. What in particular is going?

I appreciate your time and thoughts.

The main problem is using a prebuilt config file with prepopulated values. The internal structure of the config file is not a supported external interface and it important for the integrity and correct operation of MinimServer that MinimServer creates this file from scratch and has full control over what the file contains. This usage will be disallowed as soon as I can write the code to enforce it.

Another issue is the download URL that is used to download MinimServer via wget. The direct download URL is intentionally not published because I would like users to come to the MinimServer downloads page to get the latest download version. I expect this URL to change very soon.