samba - Aug 2023 - Samba-AD in Docker

Hi,

In the samba 4.18.5 source, while installing pre-requisite packages 
using boothstrap.sh file, in the same folder, I saw the Dockerfile. Can 
I safely assume that the Samba AD can actually run in Docker?

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Thanks & Regards,

Raghav


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06.08.2023 11:21, Anantha Raghava H A via samba wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In the samba 4.18.5 source, while installing pre-requisite packages using
boothstrap.sh file, in the same folder, I saw the Dockerfile. Can I safely
> assume that the Samba AD can actually run in Docker?
Samba ad just needs the file system in one way or another (even not necessary
capable of xattrs, - tdb module can be used to store these) and a network.

It can run in a container just fine, and many people run it that way.  It
doesn't
even need full-blown (docker or OS) container, it can run in a separate network
namespace from regular filesystem/OS (with data directories bind-mounted into
the right places).

/mjt