
We've been discussing a lot about Docker as a mean to build and expose Web applications, here is another way to use it as a native distribution package building tool. You want to product deb and rpm package for applications written in Ruby, Nodes.js, Python... These technologies usually rely on specific packaging tools which need internet to work (gem for Ruby, npm for Node.js, pip or easy_install for Python). Having a compiling chain or an internet access on a production server is bad for security reason so you must use a…
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