[Paparazzi-devel] Should we merge support for running Paparazzi in Docker?

[Felix Ruess]

Hi guys,

I just had to run some Paparazzi tests on a machine again where I didn't have all dependencies installed but had access to Docker.

Some months ago I already set up some Docker files and it is actually working quite nicely for me.

So the question is if this would be useful for someone else as well (maybe as a faster alternative to a virtual machine)?

If yes, I can commit it to the official repo...

If you want to test it out:

$ git clone -b docker https://github.com/flixr/paparazzi.git

$ cd paparazzi/docker

$ make pull

then you should have the docker images...

Run a shell in docker:

$ make bash

or

$ make terminator

Then you are in the docker container and you can compile/start paparazzi as usual...

If you already compiled paparazzi within docker, you can also directly run paparazzi the next time:

$ make paparazzi

or

$ make start

/dev/ttyx and /dev/ACMx devices are also automatically forwarded to docker and you can flash and use telemetry from within docker.

Let me know what you think

Cheers, Felix