Docker

Indi Allsky Docker support

docker compose v2

Please ensure you have the latest docker packages installed from the Docker site. The docker build for indi-allsky requires docker compose v2.

Platforms

• x86_64
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • Mac
• arm64
  • Linux
  • Mac - Apple Silicon (Mac M1+)

Setup

Use the setup_env.sh script to setup your .env environment file and ssl certificates

./setup_env.sh

Example .env

• Note: in July 2023, I renamed several variables starting with INDI_ALLSKY_ to INDIALLSKY_ for consistency.

INDIALLSKY_INDI_CCD_DRIVER=indi_simulator_ccd
INDIALLSKY_INDI_GPS_DRIVER=

INDIALLSKY_TIMEZONE=America/New_York

# This folder needs to be shared to the capture, gunicorn, and nginx containers
INDIALLSKY_IMAGE_FOLDER=/var/www/html/allsky/images

# Folder for temporary files in capture process.  Uncomment to activate
#CAPTURE_TMPDIR=/tmp

INDIALLSKY_FLASK_AUTH_ALL_VIEWS=false
INDIALLSKY_FLASK_SECRET_KEY=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
INDIALLSKY_FLASK_PASSWORD_KEY=00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

INDIALLSKY_WEB_USER=username
INDIALLSKY_WEB_PASS=password
INDIALLSKY_WEB_NAME=First Last
[email protected]

INDIALLSKY_MOSQUITTO_USER=username
INDIALLSKY_MOSQUITTO_PASS=password

INDIALLSKY_WEB_GENERATE_APIKEY=false

INDIALLSKY_MARIADB_HOST=mariadb.indi.allsky
INDIALLSKY_MARIADB_PORT=3306
INDIALLSKY_MARIADB_SSL=false

MARIADB_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=yes
MARIADB_DATABASE=indi_allsky
MARIADB_USER=indi_allsky_own
MARIADB_PASSWORD=randomlygeneratedpassword

Build containers

docker compose build

Run containers

docker compose up

or

docker compose up --detach

Notes

• There are delays up to 120s for services to completely start
• Your camera must be plugged in prior to starting the indiserver_indi_allsky container

Stop containers

docker compose down

Info

The docker compose setup sets up a single container per process.

Containers

• indiserver.indi.allsky
  • privileged container
• capture.indi.allsky
  • capture process
• gunicorn.indi.allsky
  • python application server
  • Flask database migrations managed here
• nginx.indi.allsky
  • reverse proxy
• mariadb.indi.allsky
  • MariaDB database
• mosquitto.indi.allsky
  • Mosquitto MQTT broker
• indi.base
  • intermediate image
  • does not run
• indi.allsky.base
  • intermediate image
  • does not run

Exposed Ports

• nginx
  • 8080:80
  • 8443:443
• indiserver
  • 17624:7624
• gunicorn
  • 8000:8000 (commented out)
• mariadb
  • 13306:3306 (commented out)
• mosqutto
  • 18883:8883
  • 18081:8081

Volumes

• images_indi_allsky
• migrations_indi_allsky (flask)
• database_indi_allsky (MariaDB)
• mosquitto_indi_allsky (Mosquitto)

Updating indi-allsky

1. Navigate to the current git clone

    cd indi-allsky
   

2. Pull the latest changes via git

    git pull origin main
   

3. Rebuild containers

   • capture.indi.allsky

   • gunicorn.indi.allsky

   • nginx.indi.allsky

        docker compose build capture.indi.allsky gunicorn.indi.allsky nginx.indi.allsky
     

Special scenarios

Start only web interface

    docker compose up gunicorn.indi.allsky nginx.indi.allsky