DLS RHEL7 in a Box Developer Container

A Diamond Light Source specific developer container

This repo defines a container and launch script for re-creating the DLS Controls RHEL7 developer environment on a RHEL8 Workstation.

This container can also be used for running traditional DLS EPICS IOCs in Kubernetes (i.e. IOCs published in /dls_sw/prod or /dls_sw/work).

Source	DiamondLightSource/dev-c7
Docker	podman run ghcr.io/diamondlightsource/dev-c7:latest
Documentation	https://diamondlightsource.github.io/dev-c7
Releases	DiamondLightSource/dev-c7

Quick Start

See the tutorial at Quick Start <https://diamondlightsource.github.io/dev-c7/main/tutorials/start.html>_.

How the documentation is structured

Documentation is split into four categories, also accessible from links in the top bar.

• Tutorials
  • Quick Start
  • More Features
  • VSCode Integration
  • Bash Prompt in dev-c7

Tutorials for installation and typical usage. New users start here.

• How-to Guides
  • Managing Containers and Images on a Workstation
  • Defining a Container Image
  • Contribute to the project
  • Derive your own container image
  • Updating Podman Settings
  • Run in a container
  • Troubleshooting

Practical step-by-step guides for the more experienced user.

• Explanations
  • How the dev-c7 Container Works
  • RHEL7 native vs dev-c7
  • Purpose of the dev-c7 Container
  • Architectural Decision Records

Explanations of how it works and why it works that way.

• Reference
  • API
  • Index
  • Release Notes

Technical reference material including APIs and release notes.