[comments]: The original author of Mini-NDN docker is Md Ashiqur Rahman (marahman@email.arizona.edu)

Running Mini-NDN inside Docker

You can use the nightly build from GitHub package registry

docker run -m 4g --cpus=4 -it --privileged \
           -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules \
           ghcr.io/named-data/mini-ndn:master bash

Building your own image

The Dockerfile can be used directly to build an image from scratch.

• Build with Dockerfile:
  • Clone the repository and type.

    docker build -t minindn .
    

  • You can then access the container through shell with,

    docker run -m 4g --cpus=4 -it --privileged \
           -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules \
           minindn bin/bash
    

Notes:

• Memory (-m), CPU (--cpus) are recommended by Mini-NDN.
• --privileged is mandatory for underlying Mininet to utilize virtual switch
• Root directory on run is /mini-ndn containing the installation and examples.
• GUI may not work for now due to docker and xterm setup issues and is independent from Mini-NDN. If you intend to run the GUI, pass -e DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix to the docker run command.