diff --git a/composer/content.md b/composer/content.md index e54c073b7..88b4b7dfb 100644 --- a/composer/content.md +++ b/composer/content.md @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ docker run --rm --interactive --tty \ When you need to access private repositories, you will either need to share your configured credentials, or mount your `ssh-agent` socket inside the running container: +**Note:** This currently does not work on OSX, see [docker/for-mac#410](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/410). + ```sh docker run --rm --interactive --tty \ --volume $PWD:/app \ @@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ docker run --rm --interactive --tty \ composer install ``` -When combining the use of private repositories with running Composer as another (local) user, you might run into non-existant user errors. To work around this, simply mount the host passwd and group files (read-only) into the container: +When combining the use of private repositories with running Composer as another (local) user, you might run into non-existant user errors (thrown by ssh). To work around this, simply mount the host passwd and group files (read-only) into the container: ```sh docker run --rm --interactive --tty \ @@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ docker run --rm --interactive --tty \ We aim to deliver an image that is as lean as possible, built for running Composer only. -Sometimes dependencies or Composer [scripts](https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/scripts.md) require the availability of certain PHP extensions. In this scenario, you have two options: +Sometimes dependencies or Composer [scripts](https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/scripts.md) require the availability of certain PHP extensions. You can work around this as follows: - Pass the `--ignore-platform-reqs` and `--no-scripts` flags to `install` or `update`: @@ -75,6 +77,16 @@ Sometimes dependencies or Composer [scripts](https://getcomposer.org/doc/article - Create your own image (possibly by extending `FROM composer`). +**Note:** Docker introduced [multi-stage](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/eng-image/multistage-build/) builds in 17.05: + +- Create your own image, and copy Composer from the official image into it: + + ``` + COPY --from=composer:1.5 /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer + ``` + +It is highly recommended that you create a "build" image that extends from your baseline production image. Binaries such as Composer should not end up in your production environment. + ### Local runtime/binary If you want to be able to run `composer` as if it was installed on your host locally, you can define the following function in your `~/.bashrc`, `~/.zshrc` or similar: