Dockerfile

[progrium]

I've added a Dockerfile with a start script to either run the web server or use in CLI mode.

I've also included a markdown readme that should work just like the RST version. Pretty sure it will work with PyPI, but if not, I left the original intact. Github will use the markdown version.

[FedericoCeratto]

Hi progrium,
What is the practical use of running the web server from a Docker container?
Do you expect the users to have the webapp listening on IP addresses other than the localhost? If so, exposing the raw contents of /proc to other (unauthenticated) hosts is a significant security risk.

[progrium]

That's really up to the user. The use is for internal, so either localhost
or an internal IP. Also, running inside a container gives you a fairly
limited version of /proc anyway, so you don't actually get full access to
/proc, but enough for basic system introspection.

On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Federico Ceratto notifications@github.com
wrote:

Hi progrium,
What is the practical use of running the web server from a Docker
container?
Do you expect the users to have the webapp listening on IP addresses other
than the localhost? If so, exposing the raw contents of /proc to other
(unauthenticated) hosts is a significant security risk.

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[perryjrandall]

I strongly disagree with adding a dockerfile to this python module, I use procfs just for parsing the /proc directory in python. This seems not related to the module and more of a personal preference. How will this benefit the users currently?