lifecycle: Allow multiple applications in one container

wking · wking · commit 4a87a44facdb · 2015-08-29T00:26:51.000-07:00
This makes joining a running container easy (it's just like launching
the original application, although perhaps using different config
files).

Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King &lt;wking@tremily.us&gt;
diff --git a/lifecycle.md b/lifecycle.md
@@ -7,20 +7,24 @@ A typical lifecyle progresses like this:
 1. There is no container or running application
 2. A user tells the runtime to [create](#create) a container
 3. The runtime creates the container
-4. A user tells the runtime to [start](#start-process) an application
-5. The runtime executes any [pre-start hooks](runtime.md#pre-start)
-6. The runtime executes the application
-7. The application is running
-8. A user tells the runtime to [stop](#stop) an application
-9. The runtime sends a termination signal to the application
-10. The application exits
-11. The runtime executes any [post-stop hooks](runtime.md#post-stop)
-12. A user tells the runtime to [destroy](#destroy) the container
-13. The runtime removes the container
-
-With steps 8 and 9, the user is explicitly stopping the application
+4. Manage applications:
+    1. A user tells the runtime to [start](#start-process) an application
+    2. The runtime executes any [pre-start hooks](runtime.md#pre-start)
+    3. The runtime executes the application
+    4. The application is running
+    5. A user tells the runtime to [stop](#stop) an application
+    6. The runtime sends a termination signal to the application
+    7. The application exits
+    8. The runtime executes any [post-stop hooks](runtime.md#post-stop)
+5. A user tells the runtime to [destroy](#destroy) the container
+6. The runtime removes the container
+
+With steps v and vi, the user is explicitly stopping the application
 (via the runtime), but it's also possible that the application could
-exit for other reasons.  In that case we skip directly from 7 to 10.
+exit for other reasons.  In that case we skip directly from iv to vii.
+
+You can also repeat the application steps in 4 as many times as you
+want, to launch multiple applications inside the same container.
 
 ### Create
 
