This sounds great! On Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 11:49:43 AM UTC-4, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > > Many thanks to Joshua Ginsberg and Chris Houseknecht of Ansible for > starting this new project: > > https://github.com/ansible/ansible-container > > Still in its infancy, so please take it for a spin and let us know how > it works for you. Patches and bug reports encouraged. > > What does it do, exactly? Permit me to crib from the excellent README.md: > > Ansible Container is a tool to build Docker images and orchestrate > containers using only Ansible playbooks. It does this by building a > container from which to execute Ansible and connects to your other > containers via the Docker engine instead of SSH. > > And when you're ready to deploy to the cloud, use Ansible Container's > shipit command to generate an Ansible Role that deploys your > application. The role is generated from your project's docker-compose > file, leveraging the time and work already invested in Docker compose. > > Why not just use standard Docker tools? > > * A Dockerfile is not much more than a script with hand-crafted shell > commands. We're well past the point where we should be managing build > processes with manually maintained series of shell scripts. That's why > we wrote Ansible in the first place, and this is just as applicable to > containers. > > * Ansible Container permits orchestration even during the build > process, whereas docker build does not. For example, in a Django > project, your VCS may contain a bunch of sources for static assets > that need to be compiled and then collected. With Ansible Container, > you can compile the static assets in your Django container and then > collect them into your static file serving container. > > * Many people use Docker for development environments only but then > use Ansible playbooks to push out to staging or production. This > allows you to use the same playbooks and roles in your Docker dev > environment as in your production environments. > > * Ansible Container does all of this without installing SSH, leaving > Ansible artifacts on your built images, or having excess layers to the > union filesystem. > > * When you're ready to deploy to the cloud, Docker compose leaves you > with only one option. Ansible Container's shipit command enables the > deployment of your app on a number of cloud infrastructures without > you having to write a single line of code. > > Try it out! > > --g > > -- > Greg DeKoenigsberg > Ansible Community Guy > > > -- > Greg DeKoenigsberg > Ansible Community Guy >
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