Adds ability to run container in detached mode.

This change also mounts the "persist" folder so we dont lose the
homebridge devices in the app on rebuilds.

Ping is also installed in the container as a few homebridge plugins
such as `homebridge-people` and `homebridge-lgtv2` depend on ping.

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 config.json
 plugins.txt
 tags
+persist
+

Dockerfile

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         apt-get clean && \
         rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install iputils-ping 
+
 RUN npm install -g --unsafe-perm \
         homebridge \
         hap-nodejs \

Makefile

@@ -4,22 +4,39 @@ default: build
 build:
 	docker build -t rpi-homebridge-dev .
 
+clean:
+	-docker kill homebridge
+	-docker rm homebridge
+
 # Target to build and run and subsequently remove image
 run: build
 	docker run --net=host --rm \
-		-p "localhost:51826:51826"
+		-p "51826:51826" \
 		-v "$(shell pwd)/config.json:/root/.homebridge/config.json" \
 		-v "$(shell pwd)/plugins.txt:/root/.homebridge/plugins.txt" \
+		-v "$(shell pwd)/persist:/root/.homebridge/persist" \
 		rpi-homebridge-dev
 
 # Target to drop into an interractive shell
 shell: build
 	docker run --net=host --rm \
-		-p "localhost:51826:51826"
+		-p "51826:51826" \
 		-v "$(shell pwd)/config.json:/root/.homebridge/config.json" \
 		-v "$(shell pwd)/plugins.txt:/root/.homebridge/plugins.txt" \
+		-v "$(shell pwd)/persist:/root/.homebridge/persist" \
 		-it rpi-homebridge-dev bash
 
+# Target to buld and run in detached mode (continuously)
+go: build
+	make clean
+	docker run --net=host -d \
+		-p "51826:51826" \
+		-v "$(shell pwd)/config.json:/root/.homebridge/config.json" \
+		-v "$(shell pwd)/plugins.txt:/root/.homebridge/plugins.txt" \
+		-v "$(shell pwd)/persist:/root/.homebridge/persist" \
+		--name homebridge \
+		rpi-homebridge-dev
+
 # Tags dev image so it can be pushed
 tag: build
 	docker tag rpi-homebridge-dev vividboarder/rpi-homebridge