Script for easily creating development containers

• Extremely simple
• No configuration or json required
• Supports bash completion for easier use
• Current directory ($PWD) automatically mounted inside the container
• Keeps the same username and UID inside the container (permissions...)
• Default user has access to sudo, password is "password123"

Tested on Ubuntu, not sure how well other distros work.

How to use

• Spin up Docker image in seconds as the current user by running:

simple-dev-containers create $CONTAINER_NAME $BASE_IMAGE
# Example:
simple-dev-containers create openwrt-build-container ubuntu:22.04

• Script automatically mounts the current directory under the same path:

/home/ubuntu/my/git/repo -> /home/ubuntu/my/git/repo

• Run the container using:

simple-dev-containers run $CONTAINER_NAME
# Example:
simple-dev-containers run openwrt-build-container

• Attach to running container as another user:

simple-dev-containers run $CONTAINER_NAME $USER
# Example:
simple-dev-containers run openwrt-build-container root

• Once you are done, clean all related Docker files using:

simple-dev-containers remove $CONTAINER_NAME
# Example:
simple-dev-containers remove openwrt-build-container

Installation

Install the script using the following command:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tomiyou/docker_image_runner/master/install.sh | bash

The script is installed under $HOME/.local/bin/simple-dev-containers

Uninstall

Uninstall the script using the following command:

simple-dev-containers uninstall

How to build script from source

To build the script from source we need Bashly, which is a CLI that lets you generate feature-rich bash command line tools.

alias bashly='docker run --rm -it --user $(id -u):$(id -g) --volume "$PWD:/app" dannyben/bashly'

Then simply run

bashly generate
bashly generate --upgrade