Build nano into the Linux image? about isle HOT 5 CLOSED

docker has a copy command you can use to retrieve and push files to containers! I find this makes editing larger docs easier.

docker ps to grab the name of the container (isle-web, isle-solr, isle-fedora, isle-db are our options)

to get a file docker cp isle-web:/etc/apache2/sites-available/sites.conf ~/Desktop/site.conf
to push a file docker cp ~/Desktop/sites.conf isle-web:/etc/apache2/sites-available/site.conf

edited: never edit the file in sites-enabled! also this will only work for some files.

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Thanks Ben. I think settings.php is one of those files that it does not work on? I tried this...

ma7053:ISLE markmcfate$ docker cp isle-web:/var/www/html/sites/default/settings.php ~/Desktop/settings.php
ma7053:ISLE markmcfate$ docker cp ~/Desktop/settings.php isle-web:/var/www/html/sites/default/settings.php

I was able to easily edit the file in between 'docker cp' commands but got this when I tried to write the file back...

Error response from daemon: Error processing tar file(exit status 1): remove /settings.php: device or resource busy

Made me wonder if Atom might have a Docker package to assist with this. Didn't find exactly this but there are some Atom goodies out there that I might look at later.

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@McFateM Dangit! I'm Sorry. So much for that work around - interesting that file is WO. Right?

Are you able to: docker exec -it isle-<whatever> bash and then apt update; apt install nano -y? Ubuntu should automatically change you editor choice to nano, but if not and you would like to make sure: update-alternatives –config editor

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Good morning @br2490. Yes, I was able to open a bash shell and add nano in.

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@McFateM A reasonable request for the web image/container. Added nano to installed tools. (via this commit) Closing ticket.

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