hcvst/zotonic repository overview

To run Zotonic in debug mode use the following command:

docker run -t -i           \
  -e HOME=/var/lib/zotonic \
  -u zotonic -p 8000:8000  \
  hcvst/zotonic            \
  /var/lib/zotonic/bin/zotonic debug

To start Zotonic in detached mode run instead:

docker run -d              \
  -e HOME=/var/lib/zotonic \
  -u zotonic -p 8000:8000  \
  hcvst/zotonic            \
  /var/lib/zotonic/bin/zotonic start

We have to use the -e command option to set the $HOME enviromental variable (https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/issues/2968⁠) as otherwise Zotonic will fail to start with the error message "Failed to create cookie file".

Use docker ps to lookup your container's ID and docker inspect <ID> to see which local port maps to Zotonic's 8000/tcp. Note: This didn't work for me which is why I now removed the EXPOSE command from the Dockerfile and use the -p option instead as shown above.