evantahler / docker-development-environment

Use docker locally to run local code like production

Docker Development Environment

Wouldn't it be cool to use your local machines Editors & IDEs, but /run/ your code on a production like system... without needing to sync, deploy, or rebuild code? Well... with the magic of Docker, you can!

The trick is to mount your local development folder /inside/ your docker image. This project creates an easy-to-use image which you can SSH to to run your code from your local machine. The commands below show you how.

This package comes with Node and Ruby installed, but you can add your own.

Get it running

# Build
docker build -t devbox:latest .

# Run
# Change `~/PROJECTS` to the directory you want to mount on your host
docker run -d  --name devbox-live -v ~/PROJECTS:/projects -p 2222:22 devbox:latest

# Connect (the password is 'root')
ssh -X root@localhost -p 2222

Project Goals

• No use of sudo on the host (your laptop)
• Ability to have separate, easy-to-swap and start over VMs for each project. No more fighting with versions or dependencies
• Ability to mount to other docker VMs for databases or external services. docker-compose is great at this.
• Nothing magic: all configuration viewable in bash or docker commands

Notes

• inspired by https://github.com/mikadosoftware/workstation