armadaproject
Create an Armada Dockerfile for development
The Idea
Create a Dockerfile that installs all the tools, programs and scripts that are needed to run armada. This would create a container that can be ssh'd in to and then create a reliable enviroment that always behaves the same.
Upgrades would be as simple as downloading the new Dockerfile. Scripts would get signifcantly simpler since you wouldn't need code for edgecases of different enviroments.
Documentaition advantage
Since every part of the setup will be present in the repo in some way, we can document it part by part, explaining each element.
Next Steps
Or, taking it a step further you could install a instance of remote vscode into the Dockerfile, and then set those up so people are able to deploy their own enviroment from the click of a button.
Looking even further forward, this could be standardised using coder, allowing teams to deploy armada dev instances on the fly with CPU and RAM requirements of your choosing.
Progress so Far
In terms of progress, I have gotten as far as getting vscode working remotely (in my own time), and running the armada-server commands. I had failed to get clients to connect, but this can likely be fixed with some smarter docker config.
@kannon92 yeah, I'd say this is maybe an extention of that as we would also be supporting out own methods of install (i.e docker-compose)
Should we scope this down to just the vscode bit? I think there's another ticket for that somewhere, but it feels tantalizingly close to reality.
