Merge pull request #17 from arthurbarr/master

Clarify Dockerfile, based on feedback

Author: arthurbarr

8.0.0/Dockerfile

@@ -10,27 +10,37 @@ FROM ubuntu:14.04
 MAINTAINER Arthur Barr <[email protected]>
 
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+  # The URL to download the MQ installer from in tar.gz format
   && MQ_URL=http://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/websphere/messaging/mqadv/mqadv_dev80_linux_x86-64.tar.gz \
+  # The MQ packages to install
   && MQ_PACKAGES="MQSeriesRuntime-*.rpm MQSeriesServer-*.rpm MQSeriesMsg*.rpm MQSeriesJava*.rpm MQSeriesJRE*.rpm MQSeriesGSKit*.rpm" \
+  # Optional: Update the command prompt
   && echo "mq:8.0" > /etc/debian_chroot \
+  # Install additional packages required by this install process and the runtime scripts
   && apt-get update -y \
   && apt-get install -y \
     bash \
     bc \
     curl \
     rpm \
     tar \
+  # Download and extract the MQ installation files
   && mkdir -p /tmp/mq \
   && cd /tmp/mq \
   && curl -LO $MQ_URL \
   && tar -zxvf ./*.tar.gz \
-  && groupadd --gid 1414 mqm \
-  && useradd --uid 1414 --gid mqm --home-dir /var/mqm mqm \
+  # Recommended: Create the mqm user ID with a fixed UID and group, so that the file permissions work between different images
+  && groupadd --gid 1000 mqm \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid mqm --home-dir /var/mqm mqm \
   && usermod -G mqm root \
   && cd /tmp/mq/MQServer \
+  # Accept the MQ license
   && ./mqlicense.sh -text_only -accept \
+  # Install MQ using the RPM packages
   && rpm -ivh --force-debian $MQ_PACKAGES \
+  # Recommended: Set the default MQ installation (makes the MQ commands available on the PATH)
   && /opt/mqm/bin/setmqinst -p /opt/mqm -i \
+  # Clean up all the downloaded files
   && rm -rf /tmp/mq \
   # Bypass defect in the "mqconfig" script
   && sed -i -e "s;CheckShellDefaultOptions$;#CheckShellDefaultOptions;g" /opt/mqm/bin/mqconfig
@@ -43,8 +53,10 @@ ENV MQ_QMGR_CMDLEVEL=802
 
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/*.sh
 
+# Always use port 1414 (the Docker administrator can re-map ports at runtime)
 EXPOSE 1414
 
+# Always put the MQ data directory is in a Docker volume
 VOLUME /var/mqm
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["mq.sh"]