yanzinetworks/wscat repository overview

⁠websockets cat

This is a Docker image for wscat⁠, the websockets cat. Use it as in the example below:

docker run -it --rm --net=host yanzinetworks/wscat

Read more at the wscat⁠ repository site for more details about the command-line arguments.

⁠Building

This image can be used to build other versions of wscat⁠ by setting the VERSION build argument, e.g. by running a command similar to the following from the directory hosting this repository.

docker build -t yanzinetworks/wscat:2.2.0 --build-arg VERSION=2.2.0 .

⁠Implementation Details

Internally, the image installs wscat⁠ using npm. It uses a separate user called wscat with ids: 7532:7532.

⁠Release Tempo

The intention for this repository is to follow the release⁠ tempo for the official wscat⁠ project. The project will typically pick the latest stable node⁠ Alpine image at release time. Generated images are automatically tagged⁠ with the same version number as the wscat⁠ release⁠ number.

Missing a release? Open a PR⁠!

Releases will be done through creating (git) tags with the same value as the one in the VERSION build argument of the Dockerfile⁠