Dockfix
Docker fixture helpers
This package helps writing unit tests in Go that depends on services available in docker images. It will create a docker container based on a base image, and cache the id of the created container so running a test suite is kept fast.
The container id is stored in files name .container in the working directory where this library is used.
It handles DOCKER_HOST and DOCKER_CERT_PATH environment variables as set up by boot2docker, so it works on OSX.
Usage
var postgresContainer *docker.Container
func Setup(){
var err error
postgresContainer, err = dockfix.StartContainer("test-postgres", "postgres")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("Failed to start postgres: ", err)
}
dockerURL, err := dockfix.PortURL(postgresContainer, "5432/tcp")
//dockerURL now has a URL pointing to the standard port for postgres
}
func Teardown(){
dockfix.StopContainer(postgresContainer)
}