discourse/bin/docker
2016-12-13 14:51:07 +11:00
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boot_dev add wrappers for mailcatcher and sidekiq 2016-12-13 09:05:45 +11:00
bundle Improve the "develop inside Docker" experience 2016-09-20 15:35:50 -07:00
mailcatcher add wrappers for mailcatcher and sidekiq 2016-12-13 09:05:45 +11:00
migrate add some extra helper scripts 2016-12-13 09:24:31 +11:00
psql Improve the "develop inside Docker" experience 2016-09-20 15:35:50 -07:00
rails tweak perf of rake and rails 2016-12-13 14:51:07 +11:00
rake tweak perf of rake and rails 2016-12-13 14:51:07 +11:00
README.md update readme for docker dev 2016-12-12 18:00:25 +11:00
reset_db Improve the "develop inside Docker" experience 2016-09-20 15:35:50 -07:00
shell Improve the "develop inside Docker" experience 2016-09-20 15:35:50 -07:00
shell_root add some extra helper scripts 2016-12-13 09:24:31 +11:00
shutdown_dev docker dev binaries 2015-11-02 13:33:08 +11:00
sidekiq add wrappers for mailcatcher and sidekiq 2016-12-13 09:05:45 +11:00

Developing using Docker

Since Discourse runs in Docker, why not develop there? If you have Docker installed, you should be able to run Discourse directly from your source directory using a Discourse development container.

Step-by-step

It should be as easy as (from your source root):

./bin/docker/boot_dev --init
    # wait while:
    #   - dependencies are installed,
    #   - the database is migrated, and
    #   - an admin user is created (you'll need to interact with this)

./bin/docker/rails s

... then open a browser on http://localhost:3000 and voila!, you should see Discourse.

When you're done, you can kill the Docker container with:

./bin/docker/shutdown_dev

Note that data is persisted between invocations of the container in your source root tmp/postgres directory.

If for any reason you want to reset your database run

sudo rm -fr tmp/postgres

Other Notes

Where is the container image/Dockerfile defined?

The Dockerfile comes from discourse/discourse_docker on GitHub, in particular image/discourse_dev.