Docker hardware interaction and data processing

4.1. Hardware mounting (port binding)

1. Create udev rules in the host machine (/etc/udev/rules.d/), see [VI. Linux operating system ---- 6. Binding device ID] section
2. Then when starting the container, mount the devices with the rules set into the docker container through parameters such as --device=/dev/myserial --device=/dev/rplidar

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docker run -it --device=/dev/myserial --device=/dev/rplidar ubuntu:latest /bin/bash

3. The device can be found in the docker container

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jetson@ubuntu:~$ docker images
REPOSITORY                   TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED             SIZE
ubuntu                       1.0       78ca7be949b6   About an hour ago   69.2MB
pengan88/ubuntu              1.0       78ca7be949b6   About an hour ago   69.2MB
yahboomtechnology/ros-foxy   3.4.0     49581aa78b6b   6 hours ago         24.3GB
yahboomtechnology/ros-foxy   3.3.9     cefb5ac2ca02   4 days ago          20.5GB
yahboomtechnology/ros-foxy   3.3.8     49996806c64a   4 days ago          20.5GB
yahboomtechnology/ros-foxy   3.3.7     8989b8860d17   5 days ago          17.1GB
yahboomtechnology/ros-foxy   3.3.6     326531363d6e   5 days ago          16.1GB
mysql                        latest    5371f8c3b63e   6 days ago          592MB
ubuntu                       latest    bab8ce5c00ca   6 weeks ago         69.2MB
hello-world                  latest    46331d942d63   13 months ago       9.14kB
jetson@ubuntu:~$ ll /dev | grep ttyUSB*
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root           7 Apr 23 18:07 myserial -> ttyUSB0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root           7 Apr 23 18:07 rplidar -> ttyUSB1
crwxrwxrwx   1 root   dialout 188,   0 Apr 23 18:07 ttyUSB0
crwxrwxrwx   1 root   dialout 188,   1 Apr 23 18:07 ttyUSB1
jetson@ubuntu:~$ docker run -it   --device=/dev/myserial --device=/dev/rplidar ubuntu:latest  /bin/bash
root@03522257ba30:/# ls /dev   # myserial and rplidar are already in docker
console  fd  full  mqueue  myserial  null  ptmx  pts  random  rplidar  shm  stderr  stdin  stdout  tty  urandom  zero

4.2. Display of GUI in docker

1. Install in the host machine:

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sudo apt-get install tigervnc-standalone-server tigervnc-viewer
sudo apt-get install x11-xserver-utils

2. Execute in the host machine: xhost +

After the following figure is displayed normally, perform 3 steps:

3. Execute the command in the host machine to enter the container, and pay attention to modify the corresponding version number:

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docker run -it \ 
--privileged \
--net=host \
--ipc=bridge \
--ipc=host \
--pid=host \
--env="DISPLAY" \
--env="QT_X11_NO_MITSHM=1" \
-v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb \
-v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
-v ~/temp:/root/temp \
yahboomtechnology/jetcobot_noetic:3.1.3 /bin/bash

You can also edit the startup script, name it new_jetcobot_docker.sh, and run the following command to enter the container.

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sh new_jetcobot_docker.sh

4. Testing

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Execute in the container: rviz

4.3, Transfer files between docker container and host

4.3.1, Use cp naming

4.3.1.1, Copy files from container to host

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# Command
docker cp container id: path in container destination host path
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# Test
# Execute in container, create a file test
jetson@ubuntu:~$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE           COMMAND       CREATED       STATUS                   PORTS     NAMES
c54bf9efae47   ubuntu:latest   "/bin/bash"   2 hours ago   Up 9 minutes                       funny_hugle
3b9c01839579   hello-world     "/hello"      3 hours ago   Exited (0) 3 hours ago             jovial_brown
jetson@ubuntu:~$ docker attach c5
root@c54bf9efae47:/# ls
bin  boot  dev  etc  home  lib  media  mnt  opt  proc  root  run  sbin  srv  sys  tmp  usr  var
root@c54bf9efae47:/# cd
root@c54bf9efae47:~# ls
root@c54bf9efae47:~# touch test.txt
root@c54bf9efae47:~# ls
test.txt
root@c54bf9efae47:~# pwd
/root 
root@c54bf9efae47:/# read escape sequence    #Press ctrl+P+Q to exit the container without stopping
jetson@ubuntu:~$ docker cp c54bf9efae47:/root/test.txt  ~/
jetson@ubuntu:~$ ls      # The test.txt file has been copied in
Desktop  Documents  Downloads  fishros  Music  openvino  Pictures  Public  rootOnNVMe  run_docker.sh  sensors  snap  temp  Templates  test.txt  Videos

4.3.1.2. Copy files from the host to the container

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# Command
docker cp host file path container id: path in container
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# Test
jetson@ubuntu:~$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE           COMMAND       CREATED       STATUS                   PORTS     NAMES
c54bf9efae47   ubuntu:latest   "/bin/bash"   2 hours ago   Up 5 minutes                       funny_hugle
3b9c01839579   hello-world     "/hello"      3 hours ago   Exited (0) 3 hours ago             jovial_brown
jetson@ubuntu:~$ ls
Desktop  Documents  Downloads  fishros  Music  openvino  Pictures  Public  rootOnNVMe  run_docker.sh  sensors  snap  temp  Templates  test.txt  Videos
jetson@ubuntu:~$ touch 11.txt
jetson@ubuntu:~$ ls
11.txt  Desktop  Documents  Downloads  fishros  Music  openvino  Pictures  Public  rootOnNVMe  run_docker.sh  sensors  snap  temp  Templates  test.txt  Videos
jetson@ubuntu:~$ docker cp 11.txt c54bf9efae47:/root/
jetson@ubuntu:~$ docker attach c5
root@c54bf9efae47:/# ls
bin  boot  dev  etc  home  lib  media  mnt  opt  proc  root  run  sbin  srv  sys  tmp  usr  var
root@c54bf9efae47:/# cd /root/
root@c54bf9efae47:~# ls     # 11.txt file has been copied in
11.txt  test.txt

4.3.2. Using Data Volumes

4.3.2.1. Data Volume Overview

Package the application and the running environment into a container to run. The running can be accompanied by the container, but our requirement for data is that it can be persistent! For example, if you install a mysql, and then you delete the container, it is equivalent to deleting the library and running away. This is definitely not okay! So we hope that it is possible to share data between containers. If the data generated by the docker container is not generated through docker commit, so that the data is saved as part of the image, then when the container is deleted, the data will naturally disappear! This will not work!

In order to save data in docker, we can use volumes! Let the data be mounted locally! In this way, the data will not be lost due to container deletion!

Features:

1. Data volumes can share or reuse data between containers
2. Changes in the volume can take effect directly
3. Changes in the data volume will not be included in the update of the image
4. The life cycle of the data volume lasts until no container uses it

4.3.2.2, Data volume usage

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# Command
docker run -it -v host absolute path directory: container directory image name
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# Test
docker run -it -v /home/jetson/temp:/root/temp yahboomtechnology/ros-foxy:3.4.0 /bin/bash
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The /home/jetson/temp directory in the host and the /root/temp directory in the container can share data, or you can change it to other directories you want to share.