Continuum in Docker

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Purpose

prod/Dockerfile is the build and environment definition for Continuum. You'll find Continuum's dependencies listed including C libraries, packages, and environment variables. Originally created for Ossum but can be used in other contexts, see prod, ossum, monolith, and dev

Using Docker Compose

This will spin up a fully working Continuum instance with a Mongo backend and persistent storage and log files using docker volumes. This is useful for testing installers as the prod/docker-compose.yml can be modified to use whatever installer you specify. You can also use this for demo purposes as all the changes you make are persisted. It is not recommended to use for production as a stack deployment is more appropriate. A stack file/deployment documentation will be coming soon!

docker-compose -f prod/docker-compose.yml up --build

Continuum should now be available at http://localhost:8080
Default login: administrator/password

Additionally! You can spin up services for a few integrations we support. You can use the testlabdocker-compose.test-bench.yml in addition with the prod/docker-compose.yml.

docker-compose -f prod/docker-compose.yml -f testlab/docker-compose.test-bench.yml up --build

• Jenkins default username is admin & password is logged to the console, or you can bash into the container and find it at /var/jenkins_home/secrets/initialAdminPassword
• Gitlab default username is root & password is created on initial login
• Artifactory default username is admin & password is password

Run docker container ls to see which ports each service is running on.

Enjoy!

Setting up a development environment

You can quickly setup a development environment for Continuum. dev/docker-compose.yml sets up a front and backend environment. This is useful as you can stand up a development environment quickly without having to install python and npm dependencies on your host machine and worrying about which versions to install. To start make sure $CONTINUUM_REPO points to the root of your cloned Continuum repo.

export CONTINUUM_REPO=/path/to/continuum/repo

Then start the containers.

docker-compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml up --build

Continuum should now be available at http://localhost:9000
Default login: administrator/password
Happy dev-ing!

How to improve Development

• Don't rely on installer to setup environment
• Better security with a dedicated app user (not sure how beneficial this is in a dev environment)
• Reduce image size by using python base image instead of ubuntu
• Make configuration mountable to allow changes without needing to rebuild/restart.