Containerized mdbook

mdbook (https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/) is an easy way to generate beautiful book-like websites from simple Markdown text files. This repository compiles and packages a ready-to-use contianer running mdbook.

Easy Book->Website

mdbook repositories are very clean: Just a src/ folder with a bunch of markdown text files.

docker-mdbook makes it easy to turn that clean bundle of text files into a website deployable as a container. Here's a multi-stage Dockerfile example:

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# - Stage: SSG
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FROM git.sofus.io/python-support/docker-mdbook:0.1.0 AS base
COPY . /src

RUN mdbook build /src --dest-dir /dist

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# - Stage: Serve Static Files
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FROM ghcr.io/static-web-server/static-web-server:2
COPY --from=base /dist /app

ENV SERVER_PORT 8787
ENV SERVER_ROOT /app
ENV SERVER_LOG_LEVEL info

USER 5020

Put this Dockerfile in your book repository, then build & run with your favorite container tool:

podman build . --tag mybook:dev
podman run --rm -it -p 8787:8787 mybook:dev
## In your browser, go to localhost:8787

The principle is the same for hot-reloading with ex. mdbook serve.