Build new Docker images for 5.0.0d?

[olimination]

Hi, I'm quite new to this topic, that's why my question: What is the best way to build new Docker images for Alfresco Community version 5.0.0d with alfresco-boxes? Do I need to build them via Packer?

Thanks for support, Oli

[maoo]

Hi @olimination .

There are different approaches you can take; the easiest - for now - would be to use Alfresco Installer to create a standalone installation (steps are greatly documented here - https://summit.alfresco.com/cmis/views/workspace%253A%252F%252FSpacesStore%252Fe434ec9d-c91c-4596-8d92-cb56334a2edb)

If Alfresco Installer is not enough for you (because you want to customise your installation, architecture, amps, tomcat configurations, etc) you may want to use Alfresco Boxes (and therefore build Docker images with Packer, using chef-alfresco cookbook as main provisioning logic)

I'm currently investing a lot of time on chef-alfresco, but mostly for AWS-specific deployments; I hope that soon I'll find the time to test/consolidate the very same provisioning features against Docker.

Hope this helps. mao

[olimination]

great, thanks this helps. I will start once with the Alfresco Installer for standalone installation. My idea is actually just to have the main Alfresco installation in one Docker image and the database data and alf_data in a seperate image, so that I can upgrade easily in future.

For this I need to do the following:

• Alfresco installation in one image
• Mysql and alf_data in another image
• Link the containers together

right? Or what do you recommend?