Single file deployment method

[danyhm]

Hello,

DeltaChat is being widely used in Iran (madmail method) due to the internet being shut down. Many people struggle to deploy a secure server due to online dependencies. A standalone Linux binary is very required for all archs, including armv7 and armv8. with step by step instructions on how to install it.

Since other countries may face such problems in dire times like this, it would really be appreciated if you could provide single binaries or at least ready-to-use tarballs with everything included.

[missytake]

There is experimental docker support. Would a single docker image file with some instructions fulfill the same purpose, is docker installable on Iranian servers right now?

[danyhm]

There is experimental docker support. Would a single docker image file with some instructions fulfill the same purpose, is docker installable on Iranian servers right now?

No if a server doesn't have outernet connection he can't even do apt updates unless they have docker installed before internet shutdown.

There are some government repositories being deployed to replace official linux distros repos but those are limited and won't work for example on raspberrypi.

A single executable which would only need gcc is the most viable option.