Docker Container

[stlpbx]

Can a Docker container run on the same platform as a 3cx instance. It only has 5 or 6 active extensions and it never exceeds the 4sc.

 

[Nathan@Voxtelesys]

Just because you can, does not mean you should.

It's also not just a concern of resource usage but docker adds a network (by default 172.17. 0.0/16) and modifies IPTables/NFTables. You would also need to make sure that 3CX ports are not stomped on by the containers.

It is in your best interest to run Docker separate from the 3CX.

 

[SteveITS]

@stlpbx Put another way, AFAIK 3CX does not support running anything on the 3CX server.

Now, running 3CX in a VM, with other things on the hypervisor, is fine. They support a few hypervisors.

 

[KonnectTech]

Can a Docker container run on the same platform as a 3cx instance. It only has 5 or 6 active extensions and it never exceeds the 4sc.

If you're going to do that then put the sbc in a container too, that way you're less likely to forget its running as a daemon. Also the 3cxsbc is a single binary executable and perfect to have running in a container.

I'd then set --cpu-shares for both containers so the sbc container has higher priority than your other container/s.

And yeah, not supported, not recommended etc etc but the sbc is just software and not complex nor demanding software and I'd rather have it in a container on the server/router in the comms rack than black-boxed on a "router phone" on messy Timmys desk.