What is rhc

Rhc is a little binary really usefull when you work with openshift. You can find more information here

How to you use this image

The first step to use this image is create a data container. Rhc need to store some informations like your broker url or access to you ssh keys.

docker create -v /root/.openshift -v /root/.ssh --name rhc-data ecarre/rhc /bin/true  # Just for the first run. To create the container who store configuration.

The second step... use it:

docker run --rm -it --volumes-from rhc-data ecarre/rhc help

Tips

Aliases

It is useful to create an alias like this

alias rhc='docker run --rm -it --volumes-from rhc-data ecarre/rhc'

Or on Windows

doskey rhc=docker run --rm -it --volumes-from rhc-data ecarre/rhc $*

You will be able to use rhc container like this

$ rhc help
$ rhc servers

Manage your data

Make a backup

docker run --rm -t -v "$(pwd)":/backup --volumes-from rhc-data --entrypoint=/usr/bin/zip --workdir="/backup" ecarre/rhc -r rhc-data-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).zip /root/.openshift/ /root/.ssh

Make a restore

docker run --rm -t -v "$(pwd)":/backup --volumes-from rhc-data --entrypoint=/usr/bin/unzip --workdir="/" ecarre/rhc -o /backup/backup_name.zip