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+# Copyright (C) 2013 W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
+#
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+
+FROM NAMESPACE/gentoo-syslog:TAG
+MAINTAINER A. U. Thor <author@example.com>
+#VOLUME ["PORTAGE:/usr/portage:ro", "PORTAGE/distfiles:/usr/portage/distfiles:rw"]
+RUN emerge -v dev-db/redis
+RUN eselect news read new
+RUN rc-update add redis default
+
+# Container networking happens automatically
+RUN sed -i 's/need net$/use net/' /etc/init.d/*
+
+# A configurable environment variable (e.g. CONFIG_URL) would be nice.
+# Until then, hardcode the tweaks I need.
+RUN sed -i 's/\(# maxmemory-policy.*\)/\1\nmaxmemory-policy allkeys-lru/' /etc/redis.conf
+
+CMD rc default && tail -F /var/log/messages
+EXPOSE 6379
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+Run this [Redis][] image with:
+
+ $ docker run -d -name redis-0 wking/redis
+
+Then [link][linking] to it from your client container:
+
+ $ docker run -link redis-0:redis your-client
+
+Inside your client, use the `REDIS_PORT` environment variable (which
+should be something like `tcp://172.17.0.8:6379`) to configure your
+client's Redis connection. Linking like this *does not* expose the
+port on your host interface (that's what `-p` is for). You can spin
+up as many Redis containers as you like (`redis-1`, `redis-2`, …), and
+link to any of them from any client container.
+
+[Redis]: http://redis.io/
+[linking]: http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/use/port_redirection/#linking-a-container