Build / Deploy Balena projects using balenaOS, with an nginx proxy in front of the balena.sock.
This uses nginx to proxy the balena.sock to a defined port (default 3000, can be changed using SOCK_PORT) and binds on 0.0.0.0 (can be changed using SERVER_NAME).
I've created this because I don't want to cross-compile my deployments for openBalena, and I wanted to use balenaOS as a builder. Because it's easy to setup for multiple architectures. You can use local mode to accomplish the exact same thing (but on port 2375), but I wanted to have the ability to create a release, so I can add more containers if I wanted to. And creating a new builder will be as easy as flashing a new SD card and it's ready to build!
There's not much else to tell about this container. It does just that, nothing more nothing less.
If you want to use the socket with the balena-cli, you have to specify the host and port in the command.
So for balena build, use this:
balena build -a <my-app> -h <device-ip> -p <SOCK_PORT> <source-map>
For balena deploy, use this:
balena deploy <my-app> -h <device-ip> -p <SOCK_PORT> --source <source-map>
You can also use this container for building with Docker, like so:
docker -H <device-ip>:<SOCK_PORT> build <options>
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srcThe source files for this container -
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.dockerPre-defined Dockerfiles, because Docker can't work with theDockerfile.templatefile. This is used for pre-built Docker images.