Astrolab Brain

This service coordinates everything the Astrolab does. It provides API endpoints for Astrolab services to talk to, and an interface through which AstroSwarm can control the Astrolab.

Environment Variables

• ASTROSWARM_API_HOST is the hostname and port of the AstroSwarm API.
• HOST_DATA_DIR is a directory containing files about the host, which should be mounted by the host upon container creation.
• RACK_ENV is the environment in which this service runs ("development" or "production").

Running the specs

After building astrolab locally, run:

./build
cd ../astrolab
docker-compose run --rm -e RACK_ENV=test brain rbenv exec bundle exec rspec spec

To relaunch from the astrolab context, use:

cd ../astrolab
docker-compose up -d brain

Useful curl commands:

• Download and run PHD2 with: curl -X POST -d '{"image": "astroswarm/phd2:latest"}' http://localhost:5000/api/start_xapplication
• Stop PHD2 with curl -X POST -d '{"image": "astroswarm/phd2:latest"}' http://localhost:5000/api/stop_xapplication
• Clean PHD2 and remove all stored user data: curl -X POST -d '{"image": "astroswarm/phd2:latest"}' http://localhost:5000/api/clean_xapplication