Deprecated!
I won't update it any more and just leave it here.
So you can use it if you want, but it has been moved to https://github.com/bargees/barge.
Thanks.
DockerRoot (formerly RancherOS Lite) is a lightweight Linux distribution made with Buildroot especially to run a Docker daemon as PID 1.
It's designed for a local development with Docker in a virtual machine.
It's inspired by the following projects.
Features
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Based on Buildroot 2016.02 with Linux kernel v4.4.8 and GLIBC.
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Runs a Docker daemon as PID 1 -
Strip down the Linux kernel modules and drivers
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Busybox + the following utilities from Buildroot
- sudo, bash, wget, xz, sntp, logrotate
- ssh, scp, sftp, rsync
- acpid, sshd, dhcpcd, xtables-multi
- e2fsck, mke2fs, resize2fs, tune2fs
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Default username: docker
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Default password: docker
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dumb-init binary is built-in /usr/bin.
e.g.,
docker run -d -v /usr/bin/dumb-init:/dumb-init:ro --entrypoint=/dumb-init <image> <command> -
pkg command is built-in. You can install individual packages from Buildroot + α.
[docker@docker-root ~]$ pkg Usage: pkg {build|install} [-f] <package-name> [build options] pkg show <package-name> pkg list
e.g.,
sudo pkg install vim -
Enable to switch between Docker versions.
[docker@docker-root ~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/docker Usage /etc/init.d/docker {start|stop|restart|status} [<version>|latest|default]
e.g.,
sudo /etc/init.d/docker restart latest
Documentation
License
Copyright (c) 2015-2016 A.I. <ailis@paw.zone>
Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0)
http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0