tags: #zulip #docker #docker-compose #public

• zulip support running via docker
• docker-compose is used for managing the containers
• Contains Dockerfile, docker compose file and kubernetes files
• There are mainly 5 docker images
  • database
    • Mantained by us
    • The POSTGRES_DB, POSTGRES_USER and POSTGRES_PASSWORD is specified as environment variables in docker-compose.yaml
    • So when the image is started the environment variables would be set.
  • redis
    • Taken from dockerhub
    • The REDIS_PASSWORD is set as environment variable. When the container is started it is appended to /etc/redis.conf and the redis-server is started.
  • memcached
    • Taken from dockerhub
    • Memcached uses sasl for authentication
      • SASL_CONF_PATH, MEMCACHED_SASL_PWDB and MEMCACHED_PASSWORD are set as environment variables.
      • When the image is created the configuration file is created.
        • The authentication mechanisam is to set plain
        • User
  • rabitmq
    • Taken from dockerhub
  • zulip
    • Ofcourse, created and maintained by us

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