NEST Desktop Docker

Docker container for NEST Desktop and its backends, e.g. NEST Simulator.

For more information, please see the User Documentation Page of NEST Desktop as well as the User Documentation Page of NEST Simulator.

Preparation

Requirements

• docker-compose

1. Install Docker and Docker Compose (with sudo).

apt install docker.io docker-compose

2. Start docker engine with service.

service docker start

3. Create the docker group.

sudo groupadd docker

4. Add your user to the docker group.

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Usage

NEST Desktop and NEST Simulator are built in different images. Multiple containers can be managed with docker-compose.

Use Docker Compose

The Docker Compose is a tool for multi-container Docker applications. It needs a YAML file to configure services (NEST Desktop and NEST Simulator).

Start services with a configuration file in the same directory (By default: docker-compose.yml).

docker-compose up

Hint: Use --detach when it should run in the background, and no logs will be displayed and followed.

For more information, read the official documentation.

Further methods of docker-compose

Start a single service, e.g. nest-simulator.

docker-compose start nest-simulator

Stop services (but still up).

docker-compose stop

Restart services.

docker-compose restart

Shut down services.

docker-compose down

Pull new container and then create the services.

docker-compose pull
docker-compose down
docker-compose up --detach