Introducing Data Containers
Welcome to cdb, the container database software that will help you to create a simple data container! This interface will give you a little background on the project.
What is a Data Container?
A data container is generally an operating-system-less container that is optimized to provide data, either for query/search, or binding for analysis. The qualities of the data container should be:
- It can be mounted to containers with operating systems to run analysis
- It can be interacted with on it’s own to search metadata about the data
- It should not have an operating system.
How do we generate one?
The generation is fairly simple! It comes down to a three step multistage build:
- Step 1 We install cdb to generate a GoLang template for an in-memory database for our data)
- Step 2 We compile the binary into an entrypoint
- Step 3 We add the data and the binary entrypoint to a scratch container (no operating system).
And then we interact with it! This tutorial will show you the basic steps to perform the multistage-build using a simple Dockerfile along with the data folder. The Dockerfile in the base of the repository also is a good example.
For examples, see the tutorials. If you’d like to contribute, please do so at the repository.