[jasonkolb]

Just create a bootstrap shell script that can be run on any machine. At a high level here's what mine does:

1) Install git 2) Clone a repo with all of the dockerfiles in it (each dockerfile corresponds to a container) 3) Install Docker 4) Start containers using the previously-mentioned scripts

The advantage to using a shell script for this is that you can start it manually or via an automated system. All you need is the bootstrap script and you can start your app on any machine. Well, apart from the distributions the post mentions I guess.

[StavrosK]

This is what I want the Dockerfile to do for me. For some reason, I don't really want to manage all the different components' containers myself (it's added complexity).