These days we are mostly working in Kubernetes. Docker only takes you part way to the horizontal scalability promised land.
On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 12:27 PM Eugen Stan <eugen.s...@netdava.com> wrote: > Hi, > > There has been some discussion regarding Docker and OFBiz, however no > consensus yet. > I'm starting this thread after discussions on Slack with Jacques Le > Roux, Daniel Watford and Michael Brohl. > > The the aim to establish some goals / objectives regarding Docker and > OFBiz. > > Please add your feedback, comments and suggestions. > > Prior work regarding this is found > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-10407 > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r40fd679818a37e113b469add51755b1097a2b02d3961e71a2cfe928d%40%3Cdev.ofbiz.apache.org%3E > > and in the links stemming from the links above. > > ---- > > == How can we integrate Docker in OFBiz ? > > Docker can be used in two distinct ways: > > a. Use Docker as a way to build OFBiz components - this will make builds > more portable - as long as people have Docker (or containerd or podman) > installed locally, they will be able to build OFBiz "for sure" (tm). > > This aims to solve the issue of people not having the proper JDK and > required tools installed (gradle, git ?! etc). > > b. Use Docker to deploy OFBiz for production purposes (and demos) > IMO this means building a slim Docker image with only JRE and OFBiz + a > custom selection of plugins. IMO this is best achieved with pre-built, > published binaries for ofbiz. > > c. Use Docker to develop / debug OFBiz > I'm not sure if this is really a thing since IMO falls into b). > > > Using docker multi stage image builds is something that could help. > > The goals are sometimes at odds with one another in the sense that doing > something to fix a goal will hinder the other. > > Do you see other use-cases for Docker and OFBiz? > > > == My personal take > > Personally I would like to focus on b). I did not have good experience > with building sources with Docker - I could not get used to the workflow. > > Also when I deploy to production, I don't really care how it's built as > long as I have the binary and I can run just that. > > So we might end up with two or more Dockerfiles, each focusing on > specific objectives. > > > > Regards, > -- > Eugen Stan > +40720 898 747 / netdava.com > -- Ean Schuessler, Brainfood Co-Founder e...@brainfood.com 214-720-0700
