Why did the devs choose docker ? Theres Linux Containers (LxC). Theres VM’s scripts. You could create an ISO installer. LxC are literally containers. For SysAdmins this docker nonsense is redundant and pointless if you have a network setup with firewalls. etc I understand that this is simple ins…

[image] NulledName: For SysAdmins this docker nonsense is redundant and pointless if you have a network setup with firewalls. etc The main goal is not isolation, but ease of deployment… [image] NulledName: A dedicated isolated VM and only to create a docker container isolated from everyt…

[image] NulledName: Why did the devs choose docker ? Because when they started developing Discourse, it was the best thing around. If tney were to do it today, I’d guess that the only thing they’d do differently might be to use docker-compose rather than their own custom launcher commmand th…

[image] Jay Pfaffman: Because when they started developing Discourse, it was the best thing around. If tney were to do it today, I’d guess that the only thing they’d do differently might be to use docker-compose rather than their own custom launcher commmand that builds and launches docker imag…

After doing quick research and some 5 minute guides plus some youtube. No, docker is not bad at all. Docker is perfect for developers who use their personal machine to develop or even work computers. Since most devs don’t use Linux as there main OS creating LxC containers would not be as easy. That…

[image] NulledName: I understand that this is simple install for those who do not know how to use linux and secure it Surely this is the reason?

Why do you only officially support Docker? Hosting Rails applications is complicated. Even if you already have Postgres, Redis and Ruby installed on your server, you still need to worry about running and monitoring your Sidekiq and Rails processes, as well as configuring Nginx. With Docker, our fu…

You don’t need launcher and you could create a bespoke docker compose install though it would require some significant work from you.

[image] NulledName: my only experience with docker which was Nginx Reverse Proxy Manager. It’s not that hard to get launcher to start Discourse with the ENV variables required for Nginx Reverse Proxy to work. Mostly, you just add the ENV to the YML, or add them to what you get frrom ./launche…

I hate Docker (it’s too easy for me, every kid can do it, so nothing special! Yawn)! And instead of simply writing the code so that it also works without the official Docker variant… I don’t get it! Even the official method doesn’t work!

And there are people who want challenges or even already master them! For them, Docker is even more of an obstacle, because they have to deal with Docker as well!

Why Docker?

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piffy March 11, 2024, 3:12pm 6

Surely this is the reason?

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