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Created July 20, 2015 11:01
Some thoughts about our Docker images

When we started to create our own Docker images we didn't have much experience in this area. I think our current solution solves many problems but leaves one problem open: it's too complex. It it good for our first try, we learned many things from it and got a lot of useful preliminary work on our Docker images but I think we should move on.

Base images

What I expect as an user

When I try to use some software through Docker I visit Docker Hub and search for a name: syslog-ng. I don't care what's the underlying operating system I'm only interested in the software.

If I want to use a specific version I expect to work the following commands: