Development Containers

Prerequisites

1. Git working with your github credentials
2. A working docker environement

Docker auth for ghcr.io

Note

If you already have a token with read:packages rights (like for npm), you can reuse it here instead of creating a new one.

1. Create a classic token on Github. With the read:packages rights.
2. Run the query below in your terminal to gain access to our Package registry from docker.

export CR_PAT=YOUR_TOKEN
echo $CR_PAT | docker login ghcr.io -u USERNAME --password-stdin

Going further

Dotfiles

If you are using vscode, you can make use of the so called Dotfiles.

Go to your VS Code's User Settings in json and add your repository as follow:

{
  ...
  "dotfiles.repository": "your-github-id/your-dotfiles-repo",
  "dotfiles.targetPath": "~/dotfiles",
  "dotfiles.installCommand": "install.sh"
}

This will the dotfiles to customize as you want your devcontainer environment.

Caution

Never EVER commit credentials in your repository!!

Stow

Stow will create symlink of all the files and directory to the destination. This comes handy when you want to replicate your dotfiles structure into your devcontainer.

Example of install.sh:

stow --target "$HOME" --dir home .

This will symlink in your $HOME all the files in the home/ directory of your repository.