boot2docker: acpid, libiconv and ntpclient for x86_64

[nuxlli]

Hello everyone,

I think most people here already know the http://docker.com, and perhaps a good amount of people also have knowledge of a parallel project that allows the use of Docker in Mac OS X through a virtual machine called https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker.

The boot2docker project currently uses a custom x86_64 kernel (having aufs support being the main motivation for this), and a distribution using the x86 packages of Tiny Core Linux.

All this is mounted on a bootable iso on VirtualBox, and here lies a problem and my question. For a full support of VirtualBox resources, VBoxGuest Additions must be installed. But despite the x86_64 kernel from boot2docker, the user space is x86, thus making it impossible to install all the features of VBoxGuest Additions. (more information https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/blob/master/Dockerfile#L131-L151)

Today, boot2docker is mounted with a user space in x86 because of the lack of three extensions on Tiny Core Linux x86_64: acpid, libiconv and ntpclient.

In my research I found that the "source" for the libiconv generation is in x86 http://www.tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86/tcz/src/libiconv/. I believe that porting in this case is simpler. But the acpid and libiconv packages do not offer an extension framework anywhere (at least that I could find).

How could I proceed to have these three extensions on the x86_64 platform? And in the event that I even have to port them for x86_64 what would be the steps to do it (besides probable adjustments in the source code of these extensions)?

[Juanito]

There is no need for libiconv as the iconv functions are supplied by glibc (for some time now).

Please feel free to submit extensions for acpid and ntpclient - the wiki explains how to do this.

[geev03]

Searched for the password for user tc  in boot2docker, had to change it before ssh was possible.
What is the default password for user tc ?

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login as: tc
tc@192.168.8.157's password:
Access denied
tc@192.168.8.157's password:
                        ##         .
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               ## ## ## ## ##    ===
           /"""""""""""""""""\___/ ===
      ~~~ {~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~ /  ===- ~~~
           \______ o           __/
             \    \         __/
              \____\_______/
 _                 _   ____     _            _
| |__   ___   ___ | |_|___ \ __| | ___   ___| | _____ _ __
| '_ \ / _ \ / _ \| __| __) / _` |/ _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ '__|
| |_) | (_) | (_) | |_ / __/ (_| | (_) | (__|   <  __/ |
|_.__/ \___/ \___/ \__|_____\__,_|\___/ \___|_|\_\___|_|

  WARNING: this is a build from test.docker.com, not a stable release.

Could not chdir to home directory /home/tc: No such file or directory
Boot2Docker version 1.12.1-rc1, build HEAD : 0e17a04 - Mon Aug 15 18:14:57 UTC 2016
Docker version 1.12.1-rc1, build 7889dc7


[patrikg]

Have you tried some bootcodes like secure or superuser

http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/faq.html#bootcodes

[gerald_clark]

There is no default password.
Set it and add the following to /opt/.filetool.lst.  Then do a backup

etc/passwd
etc/shadow

[geev03]

Thank you.
". Boot2docker uses Tiny Core Linux, which runs from RAM", so it looks like Microsoft is also adapting Tiny Core linux

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                        ##         .
                  ## ## ##        ==
               ## ## ## ## ##    ===
           /"""""""""""""""""\___/ ===
      ~~~ {~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~ /  ===- ~~~
           \______ o           __/
             \    \         __/
              \____\_______/

docker is configured to use the default machine with IP 192.168.99.100
For help getting started, check out the docs at https://docs.docker.com

Start interactive shell

geev0@AMP-GV MINGW64 ~
$  docker run -ti --rm icymatter/slitaz40-minimal /bin/bash
bash-4.2#