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I'm extremely surprised that Packer (http://www.packer.io http://www.packer.io) hasn't received more attention in the Docker arena. Its Docker builder, coupled
by atbell 12y ago
I'm extremely surprised that Packer (http://www.packer.io http://www.packer.io) hasn't received more attention in the Docker arena. Its Docker builder, coupled with any of its provisioners, makes it a pretty attractive alternative to the simplistic layout and limitations of Dockerfiles.
- mtalantikite 12y agoPacker currently doesn't snapshot the build at each step, so you don't get a history that you can checkout or push from. It's a feature that's on the way, but it's a pretty big one that some teams need. We use packer for a lot of other things though and it's great.