Easy server with docker

[psykzz]

I use docker alot for other servers, so i thought about creating a docker image for Avorion.

 

You can find the image on docker hub and on github.

 

Links below.

 

Docker hub:  https://hub.docker.com/r/psykzz/avorion-docker/

Github: https://github.com/psykzz/avorion-docker

 

If you already know about docker, you can get started with the following one-liner.

mkdir ./data && docker run --name avorion -d -v `pwd`/data:/root/.avorion/galaxies/avorion_galaxy -p 27000:27000 -p 27000:27000/udp -p 27003:27003 -p 27003:27003/udp psykzz/avorion-docker

[CageHunter]

Awesome idea! I thought about this step myself. I like the "don't mess the host" effect.

[Devious]

What is the advantage of using a docker?

[Splutty]

What is the advantage of using a docker?

 

www.docker.com

 

It's basically a rollout/container/configuration kind of tool.

[CageHunter]

The easiest comparison for Docker would be that it acts somehow as kind of virtual machine. The differences are, that you don't simulate a whole system, but just a part of the existing system. That makes it also much more performant than a VM.

Instead of installing the application and its requirements on the server itself, it's all installed in the docker container. So you create a docker container for an application like avorion server and run it on any system docker supports  (with some restrictions). So an application can be defined / configured once and is then portable.