[lago-devel] [Request for feedback] Adding [Docker] container support to Lago

Hello folks, since there's motivation Lago to support containers too (https://github.com/lago-project/lago/issues/149) investigated the possible ways how this could be implemented. Created a WIP PR: [1] https://github.com/lago-project/lago/pull/276 but would appreciate a wider feedback from the list prior continuing on that one. Basically I see three possibilities how [Docker] container support for Lago could be implemented: Approach 1) - Allow Lago container yaml / json init file in "docker-compose.yml" format - Use available "docker-compose" rpm to perform the underlying actions (IOW lago commands would be just wrappers around docker-compose use. E.g. lago start == docker-compose up lago stop == docker-compose down) As a part of this I have added "prefix-provider" support to lago (first commit of [1]). The intention is to define new docker-prefix for lago, which would wrap use of docker-compose, Advantage: Should be easy to implement Disadvantage: Dependency on external docker-compose RPM, which at the moment in F22 doesn't support v2 of docker-compose YAML files yet Approach 2) - allow "docker-compose.yml" as init json/yaml file for lago container configuration, - instead of using "docker-compose" create own docker lago vm provider / plugin (using python-docker-py implementation to access docker service), As part of this I have implemented support for local docker container based provider into Lago (commit 2 of [1]). Advantage: No dependency on external docker-compose RPM Disadvantate: * The need to write own docker-compose.yml file parser (AFAIK python-dockerfile-parse doesn't support parsing them [yet) * Basically we would duplicate the effort the docker-compose tool is doing right now Approach 3) - don't allow docker-compose.yml as Lago container json/yml file, - use rather format instead Advantage: No need for docker-compose.yml parser. We can define custom format, easily to be parsable. Disadvantage: Divergence from commonly used docker-compose.yml files (UX would differ as users would need to get accustomed to different format of configuration file) The question is obvious -- can you hopefully provide comments / opinion, which approach of the above do you like best and why? If having yet another one from the above ones, please share. Thank you for your opinions in advance. Regards, Jan -- Jan iankko Lieskovsky P.S.: Having agreed on an approach how this should be implemented will help us with adding vagrant support to lago too.