To get you up and running quickly with Wallaroo, we have provided a Docker image which includes Wallaroo and related tools needed to run and modify a few example applications. We should warn that this Docker image was created with the intent of getting users started quickly with Wallaroo and is not intended to be a fully customizable development environment or suitable for production.
There are instructions for getting Docker up and running on MacOS on the Docker website. We recommend the 'Standard' version of the 'Docker for Mac' package.
Installing Docker will result in it running on your machine. After you reboot your machine, that will no longer be the case. In the future, you'll need to have Docker running in order to use a variety of commands in this book. We suggest that you set up Docker to boot automatically.
There are instructions for getting Docker up and running on Windows on the Docker website. We recommend installing the latest stable release, as there are breaking changes to our commands on edge releases. Installing Docker will result in it running on your machine. After you reboot your machine, that will no longer be the case. In the future, you'll need to have Docker running in order to use a variety of commands in this book. We suggest that you set up Docker to boot automatically.
Currently, development is only supported for Linux containers within Docker.
There are instructions for getting Docker up and running on Ubuntu on the Docker website.
Installing Docker will result in it running on your machine. After you reboot your machine, that will no longer be the case. In the future, you'll need to have Docker running in order to use a variety of commands in this book. We suggest that you set up Docker to boot automatically.
All of the Docker commands throughout the rest of this manual assume that you have permission to run Docker commands as a non-root user. Follow the Manage Docker as a non-root user instructions to set that up. If you don't want to allow a non-root user to run Docker commands, you'll need to run sudo docker
anywhere you see docker
for a command.
docker pull wallaroo-labs-docker-wallaroolabs.bintray.io/{{ docker_version_url }}
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Machida: runs Wallaroo Python applications.
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Giles Sender: supplies data to Wallaroo applications over TCP.
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Data Receiver: receives data from Wallaroo over TCP.
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Cluster Shutdown tool: notifies the cluster to shut down cleanly.
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Metrics UI: receives and displays metrics for running Wallaroo applications.
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Wallaroo Source Code: full Wallaroo source code is provided, including Python example applications.
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Machida with Resilience: runs Wallaroo Python applications and writes state to disk for recovery. This version of Machida can be used via the
machida-resilience
binary. Note that this is an Enterprise feature and requires a paid user agreement for use in production. See the Interworker Serialization and Resilience documentation for general information and the Resilience section of our Command Line Options documentation for information on its usage.
There are a few extra recommended steps that Windows users should make before continuing on to starting the Wallaroo Docker image. These steps are needed in order to persist the Wallaroo source code and Python virtual environment using virtualenv onto your local machine from within the Wallaroo Docker container. This will allow code changes and installed Python modules to persist beyond the lifecycle of a Docker container.
These steps are optional, but will require the removal of the -v
options when starting the Wallaroo Docker image if you choose to opt out.
You can find instructions for setting up a shared drive with Docker on Windows here.
The remainder of this tutorial assumes you shared the C
drive, modify the commands as needed if sharing a different drive.
We'll need to create two directories, one for the Wallaroo source code and one for the Python virtual environment.
To create the Wallaroo source code directory run the following command in Powershell or Command Prompt:
mkdir c:\wallaroo-docker\wallaroo-src
To create the Wallaroo Python virtual environment directory run the following command in Powershell or Command Prompt:
mkdir c:\wallaroo-docker\python-virtualenv
Your Windows machine is now all set to continue!
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Awesome! All set. Time to try running your first Wallaroo application in Docker.