[jbosstools-dev] dockerization of jbosstools-website

Hi, To experiment with docker and actually make it useful I today pushed a Dockerfile + .dockerignore to https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-website I have not yet updated the docs so the info on how to use it is currently in the commit: https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-website/commit/c9b9224a89f73f7bb... But basically now instead of following the somewhat complicated full setup of ruby/awestruct you do this: Install Docker (or boot2docker if on windows/osx) Build docker image: $ cd jbosstools-website $ docker build -t jbosstools-website . (this takes a while: 10-40 min dependent on network speed/cpu you got) From that time on you can now do this to run local website build: $ docker run -it --rm -p 4242:4242 -v `pwd`:/jbosstools-website -t jbosstools-website (if on windows replace `pwd` with full path to your jbosstools-website checkout) Content will then be available at http://${DOCKER_HOST}:4242 So why is this interesting ? Well, look at the Dockerfile - its simple steps to setup a ruby environment. Now imagine doing the same for a java environment. with maven and p2 mirrors for target platforms prepopulated/preconfigured (maybe even jenkins - but it might not be needed anymore in the same degree as before). Suddenly you got a reproducible and isolated build system for any number of eclipse plugins. ...and it can run anywhere and we can start testing and building in full isolation. This could become really useful! /max http://about.me/maxandersen