[SOLVED] How would you go about dockerfile and rpm scripting?

Issue

Currently I create rpm for my app and install with puppet. How would you go about using docker? Is there a best practice? What is the recommended way?

1. Continue creating rpm for your app and install in docker.
2. Just use the docker file to do the scripting you need on your image creating rpm for your app is not needed anymore.

thanks

Solution

Ask yourself those questions:

• Do you need to audit your system (and container)?
• Do you need to know which version of application (and libraries) are installed in that container?
• Do you need to know which files were altered since installation?
• Do you need to know if files were installed from trusted source?
• Do you need to know if there is never version of app/library with security fix available for your docker image?

If you answer "No" to all those questions then just copying bits into container is perfectly fine and you really do not need rpm. However if you answer "Yes" to some of those questions, then 'rpm' is very handy tool for you.

Answered By - msuchy

Answer Checked By - Mildred Charles (WPSolving Admin)