myhohoho christmas cubes

A simple one-docker-container webserver

• About: upload one to six 6 pictures, and get back a .pdf for building a "myhohoho" christmas cube to put onto your christmas tree.

• Purpose: Docker & Cloud Computing education with some kids of Schule Fluntern, Zürich, December 2015

• Technology: docker, git, imagemagick, perl, pdf, apache webserver, cloud

• Tools needed for the user: colour printer + paper glue + scissor

• Time needed for one cube: Approx. 3 minutes

Build and run the container

clone the repository with git:

git clone https://github.com/frankrutz/myhohoho

cd myhohoho

docker build -t myhohoho .

To run the container with apache starting in daemon-mode:

docker run -p 80:80 --name hohoho -d myhohoho apachectl -D FOREGROUND

Now, you will be able to access the app at

http://youripadress/

History

• Nov/Dec 2015: created, build and used on Google Cloud Engine

• 22nd Jan 2017: released on github

• 14th Dec 2019 update to httpd:2.4

Setting up a Containerhost on Google Cloud

We run CentOS7, standard machines, http https enabled

sudo su -

yum install -y docker

yum install -y git

systemctl start docker