Subj : Re: Move .ini files from /sbbs/exec to /sbbs/ctrl
To   : Tracker1
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Sep 24 2022 07:23:00

-=> Tracker1 wrote to Gamgee <=-

 > As for the rest of that above...  I don't use or know anything about
 > Docker, and can't imagine wanting to go through that much hassle for
 > some "benefit" that it would gain me...
 >
 > I'll add this to my list of YARNTWTUD.  (Yet another reason not to
 > want to use Docker).  :-)

 Tr> In practice, there are some benefits.  Most unixy apps separate
 Tr> configuration (/etc), data (/var) and executables/scripts (/bin)
 Tr> ...

 Tr> Most docker-friendly applications will take a handful of
 Tr> environment variables for configuration, leaving only data to
 Tr> deal with.  In this way, you can run a database server only
 Tr> mounting /data ... while literally everything else can be
 Tr> read-only file system.

 Tr> This means that security holes that would require disk write are
 Tr> largely mitigated.  It also means you can upgrade to the new
 Tr> version, just by running against the new version image.  No
 Tr> downloads, installing prerequisites, building anything... just
 Tr> *run*.

I can see how that would work, and that it would be nice in some 
abstract way.  It's just that.... I don't do anything like that, and 
honestly don't even know anybody who does things like that.  So... in 
practice... it's a very limited scope audience who would care about 
something like that.  Very.



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