Possible to set user?

[eproxus]

Is it possible to set (and create) the user that is used for provisioning and shell, similar to RUN useradd myuser ... and USER myuser directives in a Dockerfile?

[gullitmiranda]

It is possible to run shell commands in provision. It let you create a user but there is no such configuration you can set to tell which user to be used, similar to USER supported by Dockerfile.

We recommend you to create a Dockerfile and use it in your Azkfile.js.

You can find instructions here: http://docs.azk.io/en/reference/azkfilejs/image.html#dockerfile

[eproxus]

Using image: { dockerfile: "..." } seems to ignore provision, is that true?

[gullitmiranda]

No. Provisioning is works the same way. But it is important to remember that the provision only runs automatically on the first run, after which it is necessary to "force" it.

• To force the provisioning run:

  $ azk start -R

• To force the build image (Dockerfile) run:

  $ azk start -BR

# Dockerfile
FROM azukiapp/erlang

RUN mkdir /home/myself && useradd myself && chown -R myself /home/myself
ENV HOME /home/myself

USER myself

CMD ["erl"]

// Azkfile.js
systems({
  myApp: {
    // ...
    image: {"dockerfile": "./Dockerfile"},
    // ...
  },
  // ...
});

[eproxus]

This works. Adding -R and -B did the trick.

[gullitmiranda]

very nice.