README.adoc

Docker: Rust

A development environment for rust that projects can use as a base.

Usage

1. Just make a Dockerfile in your project like this:

   FROM aetheric/rust:stable
   
   # Add needed alpine packages
   RUN apk --no-cache add --virtual .build-dependencies \
   	gcc
   
   # Install whatever binaries you need
   RUN cargo install cargo-watch
   
   # Make sure to clean up your apk additions.
   RUN apk del .build-dependencies

2. Then call the following command to run a build:

   docker build \
   	--tag reponame/projectname \
   	.

3. And finally, get to running docker commands:

   docker run reponame/projectname \
   	--volume .:/usr/work \
   	--interactive \
   	--tty \
   	watch

It’s a good idea to put that last one in a script so commands can be run against the project a lot easier. Alternately, you can run it with the --interactive flag to just keep running commands.