docker-datomic-example

A sample Dockerfile and configuration demonstrating the use of the pointslope/datomic-pro-starter Docker "base" image. NEW: Now also runs a linked container running Datomic Console!

Getting Started

0. Install docker-compose (Mac users: brew install docker-compose)
1. Register for a free Datomic Pro Starter Edition license at my.datomic.com
2. Edit the .credentials files in both the datomic-console and datomic-pro-starter folders file adding your Datomic portal username and download key (sorry, but Docker doesn't support symlinking)
3. Add your Datomic Pro Starter Edition license key to the datomic-pro-starter/config/dev-transactor.properties file
4. Run docker-compose up
5. The console will be available on port 9000 of your docker host's address. Use echo $DOCKER_HOST to see what that is. E.g. http://192.168.59.103:9000/browse

Obligatory Word of Caution

This is a sample repository, crafted for a specific, didactic purpose. Please think carefully about the security and licensing issues associated with storing sensitive information in configuration files and use your best judgement before pushing sensitive information to hosted repositories.

Loading Music Brainz Sample Data Set (Optional)

If you're following along with the Day of Datomic training videos, you will want to load the Music Brainz data from 1968-1973 into your Datomic container. As you might have guessed, we've added a couple of bits to help make that easier for you.

1. In your terminal, navigate to the datomic-pro-starter folder under this project

2. Run the ./download-data.sh script to extract the Music Brainz data locally

3. Edit the docker-compose.yml file as directed by the download script (discussed below)

4. Run docker-compose ps to discover the name of your Datomic container (mine is dockerdatomicexample_datomicdb_1)

5. Execute the following command:

   docker exec <container> restore-db <storage>

where <container> is the name of the container from step 4 above, and <storage> is the type of Datomic storage you're using (dev if you've used the default properties file). The command above might looks like this on my machine:

docker exec dockerdatomicexample_datomicdb_1 restore-db dev

Discussion

The Music Brainz data loading automation described above relies on a VOLUME mount at /data in the Docker container with the Music Brainz dataset already extracted. If you are using boot2docker and this repository is checked out somewhere under /Users, the path to this folder should be mirrored in the boot2docker VM.

We've found this to be the most reliable way to load the data into the database container, as well as the most conservative of bandwidth. Since we're storing the data locally and mounting it with the VOLUME command, you can destroy and recreate the Datomic container without having to download the data each time.

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