Merge pull request #2609 from shykes/0.6.5-dm-plugin

Move aufs to a storage driver, add devicemapper and dummy drivers

docs/Dockerfile

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ run apt-get install -y python-setuptools make
 run easy_install pip
 #from docs/requirements.txt, but here to increase cacheability
 run pip install Sphinx==1.1.3
-run pip install sphinxcontrib-httpdomain==1.1.8
+run pip install sphinxcontrib-httpdomain==1.1.9
 add . /docs
 run cd /docs; make docs
 

docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst

@@ -18,6 +18,38 @@ To list available commands, either run ``docker`` with no parameters or execute
 
     ...
 
+.. _cli_daemon:
+
+``daemon``
+----------
+
+::
+
+    Usage of docker:
+      -D=false: Enable debug mode
+      -H=[unix:///var/run/docker.sock]: Multiple tcp://host:port or unix://path/to/socket to bind in daemon mode, single connection otherwise
+      -api-enable-cors=false: Enable CORS headers in the remote API
+      -b="": Attach containers to a pre-existing network bridge; use 'none' to disable container networking
+      -d=false: Enable daemon mode
+      -dns="": Force docker to use specific DNS servers
+      -g="/var/lib/docker": Path to use as the root of the docker runtime
+      -icc=true: Enable inter-container communication
+      -ip="0.0.0.0": Default IP address to use when binding container ports
+      -iptables=true: Disable docker's addition of iptables rules
+      -p="/var/run/docker.pid": Path to use for daemon PID file
+      -r=true: Restart previously running containers
+      -s="": Force the docker runtime to use a specific storage driver
+      -v=false: Print version information and quit
+
+The docker daemon is the persistent process that manages containers.  Docker uses the same binary for both the 
+daemon and client.  To run the daemon you provide the ``-d`` flag.
+
+To force docker to use devicemapper as the storage driver, use ``docker -d -s devicemapper``
+
+To set the dns server for all docker containers, use ``docker -d -dns 8.8.8.8``
+
+To run the daemon with debug output, use ``docker -d -D``
+
 .. _cli_attach:
 
 ``attach``

docs/sources/installation/kernel.rst

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ In short, Docker has the following kernel requirements:
 
 - Linux version 3.8 or above.
 
-- `AUFS support <http://aufs.sourceforge.net/>`_.
-
 - Cgroups and namespaces must be enabled.
 
+*Note: as of 0.7 docker no longer requires aufs. AUFS support is still available as an optional driver.*
+
 The officially supported kernel is the one recommended by the
 :ref:`ubuntu_linux` installation path. It is the one that most developers
 will use, and the one that receives the most attention from the core
@@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ detects something older than 3.8.
 See issue `#407 <https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/issues/407>`_ for details.
 
 
-AUFS support
-------------
-
-Docker currently relies on AUFS, an unioning filesystem.
-While AUFS is included in the kernels built by the Debian and Ubuntu
-distributions, is not part of the standard kernel. This means that if
-you decide to roll your own kernel, you will have to patch your
-kernel tree to add AUFS. The process is documented on
-`AUFS webpage <http://aufs.sourceforge.net/>`_.
-
-
 Cgroups and namespaces
 ----------------------
 

docs/sources/installation/ubuntulinux.rst

@@ -14,16 +14,11 @@ Ubuntu Linux
 
 .. include:: install_header.inc
 
-Right now, the officially supported distribution are:
+Docker is supported on the following versions of Ubuntu:
 
 - :ref:`ubuntu_precise`
 - :ref:`ubuntu_raring`
 
-Docker has the following dependencies
-
-* Linux kernel 3.8 (read more about :ref:`kernel`)
-* AUFS file system support (we are working on BTRFS support as an alternative)
-
 Please read :ref:`ufw`, if you plan to use `UFW (Uncomplicated
 Firewall) <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW>`_
 
@@ -107,10 +102,13 @@ Ubuntu Raring 13.04 (64 bit)
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
-**AUFS filesystem support**
+**Optional AUFS filesystem support**
 
 Ubuntu Raring already comes with the 3.8 kernel, so we don't need to install it. However, not all systems
-have AUFS filesystem support enabled, so we need to install it.
+have AUFS filesystem support enabled. AUFS support is optional as of version 0.7, but it's still available as
+a driver and we recommend using it if you can.
+
+To make sure aufs is installed, run the following commands:
 
 .. code-block:: bash