DEVCON: a Complete Dev Environment in a Container 📦

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As a rule of thumb, I never install any packages directly onto my Mac unless I absolutely have to. So I created this sample development container that I use with Docker for Mac to be my sole dev environment. There is a breakdown in the Dockerfile of which tools are installed.

Packages & Versions

• DOCKER_VERSION 5:20.10.33-0ubuntu-groovy
• GOLANG_VERSION 1.15.2
• TERRAFORM_VERSION 0.14.5
• TECLI_VERSION 0.2.0
• VAULT_VERSION 1.6.2
• PACKER_VERSION 1.6.6
• KUBECTL_VER 1.19.2
• HELM_VERSION 3.2.0
• CALICO_VERSION 3.16.1

Usage

$ docker run -it --rm --hostname devcon -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock nicolaka/devcon:latest

Optionally, you can mount your local Mac dev directory inside the container by adding -v /path/to/dir:/root. Typically, I mount a specific dev directory from my Mac that contains my dot files (including git, ssh config + keys) to make it easier to use across both Mac and within the dev container. This way I can make sure that the dev container is a throw-away, leaving no keys/secrets exposed or written in it.

Feel free to use and adjust to fit your own dev tooling!

Cheers 🍺