EDIB mix task

A mix task for EDIB (elixir docker image builder).

TOC

• Installation
• Usage
• Help
• Options
  • Name, prefix, tag
  • Release strip and zip (EXPERIMENTAL)
  • Silent mode (quiet mode)
  • Volume mappings
  • Docker related
  • Developer options

EDIB creates a docker image of your application release.

Installation

Just run this and confirm:

mix archive.install hex edib

Don't forget to add distillery to your project:

defp deps do
  [
    {:distillery, "~> 1.1"},
  ]
end

Usage

mix edib

mix-edib will use the MIX_ENV environment variable to build the image.

MIX_ENV=staging mix edib

WARNING: If MIX_ENV is not set EDIB will build the image for the prod environment.

Help

mix help edib

Options

Name, prefix, tag

Override the (repository) name of the docker image

mix edib --name <NAME>
mix edib -n <NAME>

Set only a specific prefix for the docker image name (default: local)

mix edib --prefix <PREFIX>
mix edib -p <PREFIX>

Set a specific tag for the docker image

mix edib --tag <TAG>
mix edib -t <TAG>

If --name and --prefix are given, the name option takes precedence (prefix will be ignored).

Release strip and zip (EXPERIMENTAL)

Following options use https://github.com/ntrepid8/ex_strip_zip in the edib-tool build environment.

All .beam files in a release can be stripped (mostly of debug information):

mix edib --strip
mix edib -x

More technical information about stripping: http://erlang.org/doc/man/beam_lib.html#strip-1

All OTP applications can be bundled into archives (.ez files):

mix edib --zip
mix edib -z

WARNING: Do not use this if you have NIFs in your codebase or dependencies.

More technical information about "Loading of Code From Archive Files": http://erlang.org/doc/man/code.html#id104826

Silent mode (quiet mode)

Silence build output of EDIB (will be logged to .edib.log instead)

mix edib --silent
mix edib -s

Volume mappings

Map additional volumes for use while building the release

mix edib --mapping <FROM>:<TO>[:<OPTION>]
mix edib -m <FROM>:<TO>[:<OPTION>]

For common cases there are some mapping shorthands:

Include the host user's SSH keys for private GitHub repositories

mix edib --ssh-keys

Include host user's .hex/packages cache

Can improve build times when the host's .hex cache is available for every build run (tip for Travis CI: use their directory caching)

mix edib --hex

Include host user's .npm package cache

Can improve build times when the host's .npm cache is available for every build run (tip for Travis CI: use their directory caching)

mix edib --npm

Docker related

Docker flags (mostly for debug purposes):

Run the build step privileged

mix edib --privileged

Do not remove intermediate containers on build runs

mix edib --no-rm

Developer options

Select edib-tool docker image (complete repo + version)

mix edib --edib edib/edib-tool:1.5.2
mix edib -e edib/edib-tool:1.5.2