[Dxspider-support] Docker containerization of DXSpider

[Brian Stucker]

Go for it!

I don't have the bandwidth to make that happen at the moment, but am happy
to collaborate if you do.

73,
Brian - KB2S

On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:59 AM Matthew Chambers via Dxspider-support <
dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:

> What'd be neat is if I could create a config.yml that lives a persistent
> storage that I mount when running a spider dicker image, be fully hands off
> to start/restart and I could migrate my node over to kubernetes off of a
> traditional VM. Awesome work 👏.
>
> Matthew NR0Q
>
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2023, 20:28 Brian Stucker via Dxspider-support <
> dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> If you are interested, I have been putting quite a bit of work into
>> getting DXSpider running well within a Docker container.
>>
>> My reasons for doing this are:
>>
>>    - My dxspider client application is isolated from the rest of my
>>    linux box which provides another layer of security should something go
>>    wrong.
>>    - My user data is entirely separate from the cluster software.
>>    Upgrading takes two commands to do and rebuilds everything from scratch.
>>    This is great for testing and ensuring that my setup is configured exactly
>>    the same each time.
>>    - Build times are considerably faster with pre-compiled libraries,
>>    libraries for dxspider do not  are in the container, so I don't have to
>>    worry about corrupted deployments or different pieces of software on the
>>    same machine interfering with one another.
>>    - I can reliably run all of the software as a non-root account in the
>>    container. Some configurations aren't set up this way, which isn't a great
>>    idea from a security perspective.
>>    - I can bring up multiple nodes or versions of the software on the
>>    same box and connect them together to test things out.
>>
>> I am not a dxspider guru so I'm sure there are many improvements that
>> could be made. I also have not extensively tested everything in this yet so
>> DO NOT use this on your main dxspider deployment without poking at it to
>> your own satisfaction first. My test environment is debian 10 and debian 11.
>>
>> Hopefully it can be of some use/help to the community. I highly recommend
>> considering the use of containers instead of running software directly on
>> host machines in general, especially if you're using hardware like a
>> raspberry pi with an SD card for storage. It's just a matter of time until
>> the SD card fails and you'll have to rebuild the machine. With containers
>> it is a snap because you're always rebuilding everything from scratch by
>> default with no hidden dependencies.
>>
>> Finally, acknowledgements to M0NKC, CT7ALW, and SV5FRI for their
>> contributions to the community that gave me a good start on this.
>>
>> kb2s/dxspider-deployment: DX Spider Deployment (Amateur Radio)
>> (github.com) <https://github.com/kb2s/dxspider-deployment>
>>
>> 73,
>> Brian - KB2S
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