Proposal: Add /etc/nsswitch.conf to image to enable usage of /etc/hosts file

[Schrottfresse]

As Go ignores /etc/hosts if no /etc/nsswitch.conf is present, name resolution using the hosts file is impossible. To make matters worse, the Go binary of pebble seems to read those files only once. So even if I create /etc/nsswitch.conf after starting the container, the settings aren't used and restarting the container resets the filesystem and effectively removes /etc/nsswitch.conf.

My proposal would be to use the same "fix" for this that Go uses, see here:

RUN [ ! -e /etc/nsswitch.conf ] && echo 'hosts: files dns' > /etc/nsswitch.conf

This issue was debated over at the Golang Github repo and the default value will change in due time, but until this happens it would be nice to have a fix.

I'd be happy to create a PR for this.

[polarathene]

This was resolved with Go 1.16 (released in Feb 2021).

If you need more info / proof that it's no longer necessary, see this comment.

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That said, the Alpine image used should probably be updated (not that you need the /etc/nsswitch.conf that's now included since Alpine 3.16.3):

pebble/docker/pebble/linux.Dockerfile

Line 11 in 66511d8

FROM alpine:3.15.4