Create directory for pidfile (usually created by init script)

Dockerfile

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
         lua-socket \
         lua-zlib \
         lua5.1 \
+        lua5.2 \
         openssl \
         ca-certificates \
         ssl-cert \
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ RUN dpkg -i /tmp/prosody.deb \
     && sed -i '1s/^/daemonize = false;\n/' /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua \
     && perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/^log = {.*?^}$/log = {\n    {levels = {min = "info"}, to = "console"};\n}/smg' /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
 
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/prosody && chown prosody:prosody /var/run/prosody
+
 COPY ./entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod 755 /entrypoint.sh
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ For images please see here: [Prosody on Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/prosody
 
 It works by copying in a recently built `deb` file and running the install on the system.
 
-Docker images are built off an __Ubuntu 14.04 LTS__ base.
+Docker images are built off an __Debian 9 (stretch)__ base.
 
 ```bash
 docker run -d --name prosody -p 5222:5222 prosody/prosody