rubygem-knife-container-0.2.4-1.lbn19.noarch

This is the official Chef plugin for Linux Containers. This plugin gives knife the ability to initialize and build Linux Containers.

For full documentation, including examples, please check out the docs site.

Subcommands

This plugin provides the following Knife subcommands. Specific command options can be found by invoking the subcommand with a --help flag.

knife container docker init

Initializes a new folder that will hold all the files and folders necessary to build a Docker image called a “Docker context.” This files and folders that can make up your Docker context include a Dockerfile, Berksfile, cookbooks and chef-client configuration files.

knife container docker build

Builds a Docker image based on the Docker context specified. If the image was initialized using the -z flag and a Berksfile exists, it will run berks vendor and vendor the required cookbooks into the required directory. If the image was initialized without the -z flag and a Berksfile exists, it will run berks upload and upload the required cookbooks to you Chef Server.