should we have our own base image? about specs

[ypriverol]

This is actually a fantastic idea. Can we add this to the specification and work in how we will do the release based, monthly, daily basis or other systems like every 6 months. @sauloal

[prvst]

Hum, but what we would do differently from the base images to justify having a specific one just for us? I tend to prefer maintaining the use of the 'traditional" base images unless we have some strong motive for doing so.

[sauloal]

@leprevost , keep it updated (apt-get update, apt-get upgrage, apt-get clean, apt-get purge)

[prvst]

OK, sounds good, how do you plan to do that? should we just get a stable Debian and rename it?

[sauloal]

either debian or ubuntu. debian is smaller but im not sure they have an functional LTS system

[prvst]

i think we can
https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using

[sauloal]

seems more complicated than using ubuntu :)

[prvst]

yes I agree, that's why I was using Ubuntu since the beginning

[prvst]

I just finished building our own base image. Its based on Ubuntu 14.04:latest and its called just biodocker.

I pushed the Dockerfile instructions so you all can see how this is done.
https://github.com/BioDocker/containers/tree/master/base

In order to use this base image we need to do the following change in Dockerfiles:

before:

FROM ubuntu:latest

now

FROM biodckr/biodocker:latest

The image is also hosted on dockerhub, but I'm not using the automatic build system, because we need to keep this image updated.

[sauloal]

Nice!

You can put it on automatic build and trigger the build manually in dockerhub if you prefer. the advantage is that it becomes a "trusted" image

Also,

I guess it would be nice to transfer all that I put in the dockerfile template there (user creation, update, clean of apt) so that users just need to change to root, install what they need and change back to biodocker user. reducing error

/cc @BioDocker/contributors

[prvst]

I was thinking in handling this image manually, but we can do that too, Im going to set the build now to see how it goes

[prvst]

done, the base image now is under an automated build, already available to download