nestybox / nestybox/sysbox

Have Sysbox pick up its configuration from a file

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Description

Sysbox currently picks up its config via command line parameters to sysbox-runc, sysbox-fs, and sysbox-mgr.

In addition to this, it would be good if Sysbox could pick up the configuration from a file. This is cleaner and will allow us to better deal with the number of config options (which are likely to grow over time).

Ideally it would be a single config file parsed by sysbox-mgr, from which sysbox-fs and sysbox-runc pick up their respective configurations. The config file could be in toml or json format (TBD).

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Research direction

The request concerns configuration currently passed to sysbox-runc, sysbox-fs, and sysbox-mgr; start by tracing how each component receives its command-line parameters. Review the proposed single TOML or JSON file approach and define how sysbox-mgr would provide each component's settings, with all existing options covered as the completion criterion.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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