J1: Account set up

Objective

Complete the first initial assignment:

• Set up my Student Wiki in the course repo and add links to the main Student Wiki page.
• Install docker and create a new image and container.

Started: 2023-01-09
Completed: 2023-01-09
Estimated time: 2 hrs
Actual time: 1.5 hrs

Procedure

• Set up my Student Wiki Page.
  • Submitted an issue in the Student Wiki repo.
  • Received invitation.
• Start my Journal.
  • This is my first entry.
• Add links to my wiki and repo to the main Student Wiki page.
• Downloaded and installed Docker through the docker website.
• Create a new Docker image and container.
  • Run docker run -e PASSWORD=changeit -v "$(pwd)":/home/rstudio/projects -p 8787:8787 risserlin/bcb420-base-image:winter2023
  • Checked if I can access the container by going to localhost:8787 on Google Chrome – I was able to log into RStudio.

Results

• Successfully set up my student wiki and repo, and started my first journal entry.
• Managed to install Docker and create a container to run the course image with no issues.
  • Although Docker seems to overwhelm my machine, with > 100% CPU usage regardless of whether the container is running (com.docker.hyperkit).
  • Troubleshooting: tried all of the suggestions in this GitHub thread, still experiencing the same issue.

Conclusion

• I am now ready for the course with my repo and wiki set up.
• I will continue to try troubleshooting my issues with Docker. I hope to fix it soon as it looks like it would be a great tool for most projects. (Edit 2023-01-10: Emailed Dr Isserlin and was suggested to downgrade my Docker version so I installed 4.4.2 and the CPU usage has greatly decreased).

References

Steipe, B., & Isserlin, R. (2022). Chapter 2 Your Course Journal. https://bcb420-2021.github.io/General_course_prep/wiki.html.

Steipe, B., & Isserlin, R. (2022). Chapter 3 Your Course Journal. https://bcb420-2022.github.io/General_course_prep/journal.html.