docker: Add the XMPP_SERVER_IP option, and document the --network=host usage

3 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/docker/biboumi/README.rst b/docker/biboumi/README.rst
index fb4b212..f6d529d 100644
--- a/docker/biboumi/README.rst
+++ b/docker/biboumi/README.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Running
 -------
 
 This image does not embed any XMPP server. You need to have a running XMPP
-server (as an other docker container for example) first.
+server first: as an other docker image, or running on the host machine.
 
 Assuming you have a running `prosody
 <https://hub.docker.com/r/prosody/prosody/>`_ container already running and
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ docker run --link prosody:xmpp \
     biboumi
 ```
 
+If instead you already have an XMPP server running on the host machine, you
+can start the biboumi container like this:
+
+```
+docker run --network=host \
+    -v $PWD/database:/var/lib/biboumi \
+    -e BIBOUMI_PASSWORD=P4SSW0RD \
+    -e BIBOUMI_HOSTNAME=irc.example.com \
+    -e BIBOUMI_ADMIN=blabla \
+    -e BIBOUMI_XMPP_SERVER_IP=127.0.0.1 \
+    biboumi
+```
+
 Variables
 ---------
 
@@ -31,6 +44,7 @@ the container is started, using the following environment variables:
 * BIBOUMI_HOSTNAME: Sets the value of the *hostname* option.
 * BIBOUMI_SECRET: Sets the value of the *password* option.
 * BIBOUMI_ADMIN: Sets the value of the *admin* option.
+* BIBOUMI_XMPP_SERVER_IP: Sets the value of the *xmpp_server_ip* option. The default is **xmpp**.
 
 All these variables are optional, but biboumi will probably fail to start if
 the hostname and secret are missing.
@@ -47,9 +61,14 @@ docker run --link prosody:xmpp \
 Linking with the XMPP server
 ----------------------------
 
-You can use the --link option to connect to any server, but it needs to be
-called *xmpp*. For example, if you are using a container named ejabberd, you
-would use the option *--link ejabberd:xmpp*.
+You can use the --link option to connect to any server running in a docker
+container, but it needs to be called *xmpp*, or the custom value set for the
+**BIBOUMI_XMPP_SERVER_IP** option. For example, if you are using a container
+named ejabberd, you would use the option *--link ejabberd:xmpp*.
+
+If you want to connect to the XMPP server running on the host machine, use
+the **--network=host** option.
+
 Volumes
 -------
 
diff --git a/docker/biboumi/biboumi.cfg b/docker/biboumi/biboumi.cfg
index fff6563..cc5df61 100644
--- a/docker/biboumi/biboumi.cfg
+++ b/docker/biboumi/biboumi.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-xmpp_server_ip=xmpp
+xmpp_server_ip=BIBOUMI_XMPP_SERVER_IP
 port=5347
 db_name=/var/lib/biboumi/biboumi.sqlite
 hostname=BIBOUMI_HOSTNAME
diff --git a/docker/biboumi/entrypoint.sh b/docker/biboumi/entrypoint.sh
index a0c0508..4d00164 100644
--- a/docker/biboumi/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/biboumi/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+sed -i s/BIBOUMI_XMPP_SERVER_IP/${BIBOUMI_XMPP_SERVER_IP:-xmpp}/ /etc/biboumi/biboumi.cfg
 sed -i s/BIBOUMI_HOSTNAME/${BIBOUMI_HOSTNAME:-biboumi.localhost}/ /etc/biboumi/biboumi.cfg
 sed -i s/BIBOUMI_ADMIN/${BIBOUMI_ADMIN:-}/ /etc/biboumi/biboumi.cfg
 sed -i s/BIBOUMI_SECRET/${BIBOUMI_SECRET:-missing_secret}/ /etc/biboumi/biboumi.cfg