whale-mate

Put your tmate in a container

What is tmate?

Please have a look here

Why would I need to run it in a container?

You actually want to give a complete remote access to your computer to some remote user? Really?

OK, how does it work?

Just clone this repository, go inside and run docker-compose up -d. Once the container is up, you'll be able to run a tmate inside it, using docker exec -ti tmate_tmate_1 run_tmate

git clone https://github.com/cjeanner/docker-tmate-client ~/.tmate
cd docker-tmate-client
docker-compose up -d
docker exec -ti tmate_tmate_1 run_tmate

The "run_tmate" is a wrapper - there are some issues with the TTY provided by docker when you use the -ti option. If you want to knowm more, read this

Shared volumes

The following files/directories are shared in the container if you use the provided docker-compose:

• ~/work (read-write)
• ~/.vimrc (read-only)
• ~/.ssh/id_rsa (read-only)
• ~/.gitconfig (read-only)

Please ensure you have a password set on your private SSH key. Not kidding, you really should have one, especially if you share things with tmate.

Sudo in da place

Sometime, you'll want to get some fancy packages for your work. Well, provided your dream package is an RPM, you're able to install it - sudo is present by default and allows you to do whatever you want in your container.

This can, of course, cause some issues. Use it wisely. Or not. I don't care anyway.

tmate script

A "tmate" script is provided. You can install it in some $PATH location, such as /usr/local/bin/tmate. This wrap all the magic for whale-mate - please note the git repository location might differ on your computer.

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Please don't hesitate to provide PR on this project if you feel it lacks something.