go2docker

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go2docker

Description

go2docker is a command line tool to create minimal docker images from SCRATCH for go packages.

It is based on the Docker Image Specification v1.0.0.

Usage

go2docker [-image NAMESPACE/BASENAME] [PACKAGES]

Options

• image: namespace/name for the repository, default to go2docker/$(basename)

Examples

$ go get -d github.com/golang/example/hello
$ go2docker -image golang/hello github.com/golang/example/hello | docker load
$ docker images | grep hello
golang/hello	   latest	e96b9f048cdf			2 seconds ago	1.477 MB
$ docker run golang/hello
Hello, Go examples!

TODOs

• add command line flag for entrypoint
• add command line flag for exposed port
• add command line flag for volume
• go get the package if not present in $GOPATH
• add push command
• test more complicated package (ex: etcd)
• fix permission inside the tar

Documentation

Overview

The go2docker command compiles a go main package and forge a minimal docker image from the resulting static binary.

usage: go2docker [-image namespace/basename] go/pkg/path | docker load