Diaspora-Docker

HOW TO

See HOW TO Wiki

Update your image

You have two differents ways to update your image :

Rebuild the image

You need to export your database, the public/uploads directory and you configuration files (config/).

Then, you just need to git pull or git clone the repository and rebuild a new image. In your new image, reimport the database and the public/uploads repository.

Finally, you need to modify the new config/ files to have the same options than the previous image.

Update manually

Stop your image :

# docker stop your_instance_id

Commit your image to save it :

 # docker commit your_instance_id your_image_name:your_tag

Get the tty of your image :

 # docker run -i -t your_image_id

Upgrade the system :

 # apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Become the diaspora user :

 # su diaspora

Update Diaspora with the updating guide : https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Updating

Exit from your image, and commit it :

# docker commit your_instance_updated_id your_image_updated_name:your_tag

Architecture

Diagram

Steps to build an image :

• build without_http_sql from Debian Wheezy
• build with_http_sql from without_http_sql
• build final diaspora from with_http_sql

Without_http_sql

From the Debian Wheezy image, the Dockerfile :

• Install all packages needed by Diaspora (ruby from rvm)
• Add diaspora user
• Clone diaspora repository

With_http_sql

From the without_http_sql image, the Dockerfile :

• Install apache/nginx
• Enable modules for the http server (apache)
• Install mysql/postgresql with a default password
• Add shell scripts to install and start diaspora
• Add triggers instruction when the image will be used as the base for the final build (add configurations, run install scripts ...)

Dev (without assets precompiled)

From the without_http_sql image, the Dockerfile :

• Install nginx
• Install mysql
• Add default configuration files
• Install Diaspora without assets precompiled
• Autostart Diaspora when run the image

Final (Example)

From the with_http_sql image, the Dockerfile builds the final Diaspora image with the configuration you want. You have to put in the directory of the Dockerfile :

• database.yml with the password you want for diaspora
• diaspora.conf (conf for the http server)
• diaspora.crt
• diaspora.key
• diaspora.yml