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GrahamDumpleton / mod_wsgi-docker

Docker images for Apache/mod_wsgi.
Apache License 2.0
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Updating the App #9

Closed gsingers closed 8 years ago

gsingers commented 8 years ago

I now have this container working nicely with my Flask application, so thanks for saving me a bunch of time!

I'm wondering if there is an easy recipe for updating the container w/ a new version of the app without having to recreate the image? Is it simply a matter of scp'ing the necessary bits up into the /app directory on the container? Any docs would be most appreciated.

GrahamDumpleton commented 8 years ago

Sorry for the delayed reply. Have found a bunch of emails from back when I was on an extended overseas trip that never seemed to see.

Technically you could run the container but create a shell, then copy in or make the changes, plus run mod_wsgi-docker-build if there are changes to packages which are required. Then exit the container and use docker commit to convert the stopped container into an image. This will create a new layer on top of existing image with changes. Because it is a new layer, your container will keep growing fatter each time.

Personally is is probably just as easy to do a rebuild.