Add images that can be used directly by end users #51
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Setting up docker images that run applications well can be a little complex, so we provide a simple base image that makes that easy. In addition, we also provide some simple derived images that have popular datascience related desktop applications set up correctly and ready to use. The images will be published *only* to [quay.io](https://quay.io/organization/jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy), to make sure people don't run into pulling limits from Dockerhub. \## Base image `quay.io/jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy/base` This image is based off the `jupyter/minimal-notebook` image maintained as part of jupyter/docker-stacks, and adds the following features: 1. The lightweight [XFCE4 desktop environment](https://www.xfce.org/) 2. The [Firefox web browser](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) 3. A helper script to setup [.desktop](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/desktop_entries) files correctly, so applications can show up in the Desktop and Application launcher. 3. A helper script to setup [MIME associations](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_MIME_Applications) correctly, so users can double click certain kinds of files and have them open in specific applications. \## QGIS image `quay.io/jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy/qgis` This image is based off the base image, and installs the popular [QGIS](https://qgis.org/en/site/) application. A desktop launcher icon is provided, along with filetype associations so users can double click most files that can be opend via QGIS and they will be! Brings in jupyter/docker-stacks#1961 \## Automated building There's a `build.py` that automatically builds and pushes the images, dealing with dependencies as appropriate. Thanks to @MattF-NSIDC for figuring out a lot of the qgis desktop & mime stuff. Co-authored-by: Matt Fisher <matt.fisher@nsidc.org>
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Otherwise, docker goes and pulls the base image from dockerhub, rather than using whatever is already in the local docker cache!
So future builds will actually find this built image in the local docker and use it, instead of pulling from quay.io
I do not want these
Without explicitly saying it, docker run seems to imply this
Too much noise
yuvipanda
requested review from
consideRatio
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consideRatio
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I still need to test that the .desktop associations and mime associations actually happen when used with a JupyterHub! |
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Wieeee nice work on this @yuvipanda! I opened #55 to discuss image adding policy to offload this PR from such discussion. |
- Don't run apt-get upgrade, is not necessary - Use tigervnc from apt rather than what we ship. This allows the image to work on ARM machines as well as getting us a newer version of everything. - Reorder and use COPY --chown to make rapid development faster with better caching - Remove firefox install from apt, as that no longer works anyway (it' a snap). That's set up with #51 correctly
Until #64 is merged and released
Necessary for s3 support
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What do you think about moving these to a separate repo? I expect jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy to have relatively few updates and releases whereas these images are likely to see more frequent updates, and will probably have a different tagging scheme to the pypi package. |
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After reflecting on this for a while, I've written #55 (comment) and am going to close this PR |
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@manics in practice that's what I think I'll end up doing :) |
Setting up docker images that run applications well can be a little complex, so we provide a simple base image that makes that easy. In addition, we also provide some simple derived images that have popular datascience related desktop applications set up correctly and ready to use.
The images will be published only to quay.io, to make sure people don't run into pulling limits from Dockerhub.
Base image
quay.io/jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy/baseThis image is based off the
jupyter/minimal-notebookimage maintained as part of jupyter/docker-stacks, and adds the following features:QGIS image
quay.io/jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy/qgisThis image is based off the base image, and installs the popular QGIS application. A desktop launcher icon is provided, along with filetype associations so users can double click most files that can be opend via QGIS and they will be!
Brings in jupyter/docker-stacks#1961
Automated building
There's a
build.pythat automatically builds and pushes the images, dealing with dependencies as appropriate.Thanks to @MattF-NSIDC for figuring out a lot of the qgis desktop & mime stuff.
TODO
Dockerfileto be purely about testing Simplify developmental dockerfile #58TODO at a later time