tomwillfixit / atomci

Use Docker-compose to setup a Atom Container and CI pipeline

atomci

*** This is a work in progress. ***

Goal : Use docker-compose to setup a Atom Editor (http://atom.io) for development and management of CI pipeline components

docker-compose simplifies the creation of a complete scaled-down CI pipeline which is portable, deployable and throwaway-able.

The Pipeline would consist of the following containers :

Atom : Used as is or with pre-baked packages installed. There are a number of terminal and shell packages that allow the user to run scripts or terminal commands. In the compose file the docker and docker-compose commands are shared into the Atom container.

Build : TBD. Includes build tools needed to create artifacts such as documentation, rpms and containers.

unittest : TBD. Includes all static analysis and unit test tools.

systemtest : TBD. May include one or more containers which represents a environment for system testing.

Jenkins Master : docker-compose run -d jenkins

What is the point of creating a scaled-down CI infrastructure ?

A major challenge, even after the introduction of Docker, is the orchestration of the containers and complex run commands.

docker-compose allows us to ship a fully configured CI environment which developers can run locally and which will be identical to the environment we use in our production CI.

How simple can we make this ?

The plan is to create a docker and docker-compose atom package which gives the user a more integrated solution. Using shortcuts and hotkeys to build, test and deploy code and containers from Atom in a container would be cool.

Why use docker-compose ?

• Simplifies the creation and management of multiple containers

• No more long docker run commands

• All container config within one file

• Simple to install

Usage

Install docker and docker-compose

See the docker-compose.yml file for comments on which options should be changed to suit your needs.

Start Atom Editor :

docker-compose up -d atom

When Atom is started you can install any of the terminal or shell packages. The terminal-status package is simple to use and will allow you to run docker and docker-compose commands on the host.