kubernetes/contrib/go2docker/README.md

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