[Eg-newdevs] Developing Evergreen with a Docker container companion

[Terran McCanna]

I have added Blake's instructions to this page but I have not had time to
test them:

https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=newdevs:testserver



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On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 6:04 PM Blake Henderson via Eg-newdevs <
eg-newdevs at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> All,
>
> I wanted to let everyone know that we've been working on a new Docker
> container. One specifically setup to edit Evergreen and have on-the-fly
> results on the Evergreen server.
>
> This container has been tested on Windows and Linux and theoretically
> will work on OSX. Use your favorite OS.
>
> To use it:
>
> 1. Install docker on your workstation. On Windows, that's "Docker
> Desktop" (https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/)
> 2. Make sure you have the Evergreen git repository cloned on your hard
> drive somewhere. Make sure you're on a recent branch. Older branches
> (3.9 and below) may not work, as this container is running Ubuntu Jammy.
> 3. Once Docker is installed and running, issue this command (update the
> folder paths to match your environment)
>
> docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 210:210 -p 6001:6001 -p 32:22 -p
> 5433:5432 -v /home/user/Evergreen:/home/opensrf/repos/Evergreen -h
> test.evergreen.com mobiusoffice/evergreen-ils:dev
>
> Or on Windows (from powershell):
>
> docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 210:210 -p 6001:6001 -p 32:22 -p
> 5433:5432 -v
> //c/users/blake/Documents/GitHub/Evergreen:/home/opensrf/repos/Evergreen
> -h test.evergreen.com mobiusoffice/evergreen-ils:dev
>
>
> This container is decidedly slower to boot than the "generic" container.
> It's slower because it reinstalled the Evergreen server with your
> locally provided Evergreen folder. Depending on your hardware, it could
> take 15 minutes to bring the server online.
>
> When you see this:
>
> PLAY RECAP
>
> *****************************************************************************************************
>
> It's finished. There is a small delay after that in order to get the
> Angular files generated (anything */eg2/* won't work for another minute
> or so).
>
> Be sure and keep it running by pressing CTRL+pq (CTRL+c will kill the
> container)
>
> You should be able to open a browser and browse to 127.0.0.1. You'll
> need to click through any browser warning about SSL certificates.
>
> Default login: admin/demo123 (URL: https://localhost/eg/staff)
>
> Edits to the template toolkit files Open-ILS/src/templates(-bootstrap)
> are live
>
> Edits to the AngularJS folder Open-ILS/web/js/ui/default/staff are live
>
> Edits to the Angular folder Open-ILS/web/eg2 are NOT LIVE
> The folder needs to be compiled when files are edited. The container is
> waiting for you to let it know when it should do that. In order to let
> it know, you need to create a regular file in the root of your Evergreen
> folder called "eg_rebuild_angular"
>
> The build output will be provided back to you by way of a file called
> "eg_rebuild_angular_screenoutput"
>
> Perl edits are not live (because Perl). Changes to the Perl will require
> Evergreen services to restart. Similar to the Angular compile trigger,
> you can trigger the container to restart the Evergreen services by
> placing a regular file in the root of your Evergreen folder called
> "eg_restart_go". The container will react on the next minute. It's a
> cron job that runs on the minute every minute.
>
> Any and all feedback is welcome!
>
>
> --
> -Blake-
> Conducting Magic
> Will consume any data format
> MOBIUS
>
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