I am trying to create a Docker container with a custom D-Bus bus running inside.
I configured my Dockerfile as follow:
FROM ubuntu:16.04
COPY myCustomDbus.conf /etc/dbus-1/
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dbus
RUN dbus-daemon --config-file=/etc/dbus-1/myCustomDbus.conf
After building, the socket is created but it is flagged as "file", not as "socket", and I can not use it as a bus...
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Mar 20 07:25 myCustomDbus.sock
If I remove this file and run the dbus-daemon command again in a terminal, the socket is successfully created :
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Mar 20 07:35 myCustomDbus.sock
I am not sure if it is a D-Bus problem or a docker one.
Instead of using the "RUN" command, you should use the "ENTRYPOINT" one to run a startup script.
The Dockerfile should look like that :
FROM ubuntu:14.04
COPY myCustomDbus.conf /etc/dbus-1/
COPY run.sh /etc/init/
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dbus
ENTRYPOINT ["/etc/init/run.sh"]
And run.sh :
#!/bin/bash
dbus-daemon --config-file=/etc/dbus-1/myCustomDbus.conf --print-address