I am working on something like what you are suggesting. I currently have only the email container done(Postix/Dovecot) and working on a small cmdline tool that will take care of bootstrapping the containers by asking a few simple questions. The point is to make the whole setup as frictionless as possible, by providing a sensible set of standards and only asking for the bare minimum configuration parameters. In the future I plan to expand the tool with a web interface so you can install and uninstall applications from a central repository or a git repository.
I will publish what I have soon, just need to build a few more applications containers(think rss reader, owncloud, git repo).
It seems like a useful thing to have and I am curious if there is a demand for such a tool.
The project is based on Docker. The nice part about it is that its really convenient to interact with the Docker daemon via its http api, with a minimum amount of work. Although all the underlying tech that Docker is built upon was widely known, the useability of Docker is the thing that sets it apart.
I will publish what I have soon, just need to build a few more applications containers(think rss reader, owncloud, git repo).
It seems like a useful thing to have and I am curious if there is a demand for such a tool.