[Request] Docker WG test/build infra

[Starefossen]

The Docker WG is interested in some infrastructure to do automated testing of the official Docker Images prior to submitting them to the Docker Registry ref. nodejs/docker-iojs#46.

Requirements: Docker >= v1.5

[rvagg]

/cc @nodejs/docker

Infrastructure is easy, do you just need a server? Do you need to be able to hook something to Jenkins to be able to run it easily?

[Starefossen]

Yes, a server with Docker >= v1.5 installed. It would be nice to hook this up to Jenkins for easy testing, not sure how well Jenkins integrates with building Docker images though.

[retrohacker]

@Starefossen I have played around with it a bit. Jenkins is actually surprisingly good at testing docker containers. We pretty much just need a Jenkins server with Docker installed. I was running Jenkins inside of a docker container so it needed a custom DinD + Jenkins build, but I don't think we want Jenkins in a container?

I just got done with college, writing a plugin for Jenkins to fit our needs is on the top of my todo list. I'll get a real proof of concept ready here soon and we can base our requirements off of that?

[rvagg]

I'm pretty sure you don't need a plugin, just script what you need. We're already doing stuff with Docker for https://github.com/iojs/build-containers.

[retrohacker]

I had a bash script that did it, will revisit.

[jbergstroem]

We retired the machine offered a while ago because of inactivity (and being out of space for other machines). Happy to revisit once we have something actionable (thinking jobs) in place. Closing for now.