Docker image for Raspbian (armhf) on amd64 host

[socialdefect]

To make developing and testing software for the Pi a little easier I've created a Docker image that can be run on a Docker instance on a 64bit host system. This way you can take advantage of your fast workstation while still working on a armhf raspbian system.

The image uses qemu-user-static so you will need to install that package in order to use it. The image has been created on a Debian jessie amd64 host but should run on any 64bit os that has qemu-user-static installed.

Installation:

1) Install docker (Check here for details)
2) Run:

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docker pull socialdefect/raspbian-jessie-core

3) To Create a new container and open a shell using the image run:

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docker run socialdefect/raspbian-jessie-core /bin/bash

That's all!

[mrjogo]

This is great! I've been playing around with getting Raspbian running in a Docker guest to no avail. Can you post details on how you created the base image?

Thanks!

[socialdefect]

It's quite simple. A docker image is just a chroot filesystem packaged with Tar.

To automate making a chroot FS I made a script that might help you out.
viewtopic.php?f=41&t=76178

Creating and importing a docker image from a chroot can be done like this: https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguid ... -using-tar