Docker Local¶
These instruction are for running a basic version of GovReady-Q locally on your workstation.
This configuration assumes a simple network configuration where you will be viewing GovReady-Q from the same host that is hosting the docker instance.
1. Installing Docker¶
Make sure you first install Docker (https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/) and, if appropriate, grant non-root users access to run Docker containers (https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/linux-postinstall/#manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user) (or else use sudo when invoking Docker below).
2. Running GovReady-Q server container¶
We recommend you launch GovReady-Q container in the detached mode.
The following commands will launch GovReady-Q using the default SQLite database.
# Run the docker container in detached mode
docker container run -d --name govready-q -p 8000:8000 govready/govready-q
# Create GovReady-Q Django Superuser account and organization interactively on the command line
docker container exec -it govready-q first_run
# Alternatively create GovReady-Q Django Superuser account and organization interactively on the command line
# docker container exec -it govready-q first_run --non-interative
Visit your GovReady-Q site in your web browser at:
Your GovReady-Q site will not load immediately, as GovReady-Q initializes your database for the first time. Wait for the site to become available.
The default Govready-Q instance is configured to non-debug mode (Django
DEBUG=false), which is the recommended setting for a public website.
The instance can be set to debug mode at runtime.
Note
The command docker container exec -it govready-q first_run creates the Superuser interactively allowing you to specify username and password.
The command docker container exec -it govready-q first_run --non-interactive creates the Superuser automatically for installs where you do
not have access to interactive access to the command line. The auto-generated username and password will be generated once to
to the stdout log. When running the Docker container in the detached (-d) mode, you can access the stdout log with the command docker container logs govready-q.
Warning
The GovReady-Q default SQLite database created within a Docker container
exists only for the duration of the container’s lifetime. The database
will persist between
docker container stop/docker container start commands, but when
the container is removed from Docker (i.e. using
docker container rm) the database will be destroyed.
3. Stopping, starting GovReady-Q server container¶
# Stop, start container (when needed)
docker container stop govready-q
docker container start govready-q
4. Destroying the GovReady-Q server container¶
# Destroy the container and all user data entered into local database
docker container rm -f govready-q
5. Viewing the GovReady-Q server logs in the container¶
# View logs - useful if site does not appear
docker container logs govready-q
Advanced configuration options¶
The GovReady-Q server container supports many advanced configuration options for production deployments.
See the next section Advanced container configuration for further details.