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Building 4diac FORTE docker images

Two Docker files are provided in the ./docker/ folder of the 4diac FORTE repository. The first one is a docker image that runs 4diac FORTE in it. The second one is a docker image that is used to build 4diac FORTE for many architectures and devices. Currently it builds for:

linux32
raspberry pi (and BeagleBone Black). Not valid for the raspberry pi zero
embrick
(COMMING SOON) RevPi
(COMMING SOON) WAGO

In both docker images 4diac FORTE is built with the following modules:

UTILS
CONVERT
IEC61131
Arrowhead
HTTP (port 8080)
LUA
MQTT
OPC UA (with security)

and the devices with their corresponding IO module.

The docker image of 4diac FORTE has the binary located in /usr/forte_output/linux32/forte

The builder docker image has the binaries located in /usr/forte_output/

To build the docker images, you need to go to the root folder of the 4diac FORTE repository and execute (don't forget the point at the end):

docker build -t forte -f docker/Dockerfile_forte .

and

docker build -t forte_builder -f docker/Dockerfile_builder .

Start containers

To start a 4diac FORTE instance, just execute:

docker run -d -p 61499:61499 -p 4840:4840 forte:latest

the -d option starts the container in the background. The -p options maps the outside port to the inside.

To start 4diac FORTE with other listening port, execute:

docker run -d -p 61500:61500 -p 4840:4840 forte:latest /usr/forte_output/linux32/forte -c localhost:61500

The most common way of start the forte_builder image is as follow:

docker run -it forte_builder:latest

You'll then be inside the container and can browse it.

To copy the 4diac FORTE binaries to the local folder, execute:

docker create --name temp_container forte_builder:latest && docker cp temp_container:/usr/forte_output/ ./ && docker rm temp_container

Where to go from here?

Now that you installed the required tools, it's time to start using them. Take a look at the following page:

Step by step tutorial

If you want to build a 4diac FORTE, here is a quick link back:

Install Eclipse 4diac

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