Docker Container that builds Whonix Images

[Patrick]

@e-coin

I could look into alternative methods, if you’re not happy with the current one.

No need.

@e-coin

Like this for example. Not as efficient as a simple entry script and may require additional packages, stages etc, but maybe looks a bit cleaner?

Since I am not much into docker, I actually given a choice will prefer the version without docker specific commands. RUN etc.

Keeping that layer minimal will help me later to move things from docker to derivative-maker, if feasiable.

@e-coin

Sure, the arguments can be passed to the container in a variety of different ways.
How do you like having an options file in derivative-maker/docker, or wherever you’d prefer, that contains a list of arguments with default values? Then we simply invoke that file in the build command. Seems a lot cleaner and no need for variables.

That is one option. Can we just pass all using command line as if using ./derivative-maker --...?

Because otherwise it seems we’ll hardcode a certain default and then need to tell users to change the default config file or provide their own?

@e-coin

@Patrick

Can we keep it unspecific to Whonix vs Kicksecure as well as unspecific to CLI vs GUI or do we need to hardcode?

Yeah sure. For example, if you like the options_list idea, there could be different kind of options files for specific builds, or an ambiguous one to keep it unspecific.
A simple if in start_build.sh could select which file, based on a single boolean --env variable or whatever.

Ok, something like that.

@e-coin

Then you can upload your images with docker push and others can download them with docker pull. Or docker run with your image name.

I’m doing this with whonix_builder for example:

docker pull tabletseeker/whonix_builder:latest

That sounds good.

What changes would a derivative-maker image have compared to its base, Debian image?

Or do you mean providing a Kicksecure docker image on dockerhub, a Whonix-Gateway image and a Whonix-Workstaiton image? CLI and seaprate Xfce versions?