biwhite/packt repository overview

⁠Container for Packt daily download script

Upstream script available at https://github.com/igbt6/Packt-Publishing-Free-Learning⁠

This container fires up an alpine linux docker running cron, scheduled to claim the daily free book, and download whatever's missing from your data folder once per night.

⁠Build

Build with:

docker build -t biwhite/packt .

⁠Run

Run with:

docker run -d --name packt --rm \
    -e [email protected] \
    -e PACKTPASSWORD=xxxxxxxx \
    -v /opt/packt/config:/config \
    -v /opt/packt/data:/data \
    biwhite/packt

⁠Volumes and variables

Volumes:

• /config, where we can find a configFile.cfg, where log is stored, where google auth details go
• /data, where files are downloaded to

Variables:

• PACKTEMAIL, email address registered with Packt account
• PACKTPASSWORD, password for Packt account

If variables are set, they overwrite what is already in config file at container startup. If not set, config file will be left alone.