MDriven Docker Deployment

MDriven Turnkey and MDriven Server have linux distributions and can be run as linux container applications. Making them more portable, easier to share and run. With docker containers, deploying apps is more faster and less complex.

Local Deployment

Install Docker Desktop. Versions are available for Windows and linux.

Choose one of the linux distributions to deploy with:

Alpine - Extremely light weight with a minimalist approach. Ideal for light weight apps, microservices and environments where efficienct resource utilization is critical.
Ubuntu - Has a larger footprint with more preinstalled packages and tools, ideal for an enviroment where a wide range of tools and libraries are needed.

Create a docker file for the MDriven Server

Contents of MDrivenServer.Dockerfile

# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0-alpine

RUN apk add --upgrade --no-cache \
        curl \
        unzip \
        xmlstarlet 

WORKDIR /app

ARG MS_VERSION

RUN curl -O https://mdriven.net/PublicDownloads/MDrivenServerOnCoreVersion.xml \
    && MS_VERSION=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "//root/date" MDrivenServerOnCoreVersion.xml) \
    && rm -f MDrivenServerOnCoreVersion.xml \
    && curl -O "https://mdriven.net/PublicDownloads/MDrivenServerCoreLinux_${MS_VERSION}.zip" \
    && unzip "MDrivenServerCoreLinux_${MS_VERSION}.zip" \
    && rm -f "MDrivenServerCoreLinux_${MS_VERSION}.zip"


RUN dotnet nuget add source /mnt/c/capableobjectswush/Xternal/VistaDB --name  XternatVistaDB

ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "AppCompleteGenericCore.dll", "-port=5010", "-nohttps"]

Command	Description
`FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:` `8.0-alpine`	Base image for the container MDriven Server app. An Alpine Linux distribution with .NET 8.0 SDK for running .NET applications. Check https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/README.sdk.md for more .NET SDK container images.
`RUN apk add --upgrade --no-cache \` `curl \` `unzip \` `xmlstarlet`	Updates the existing linux packages and installs packages: curl for downloading files, unzip for extracting zip file contents and xmlstarlet for parsing xml content.
`WORKDIR /app`	Sets the working dir for the following commands.
`ARG MS_VERSION`	Creates MS_VERSION build-time variable called MS_VERSION.
`RUN curl -O https://mdriven.net/PublicDownloads/MDrivenServerOnCoreVersion.xml \` `&& MS_VERSION=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "//root/date" MDrivenServerOnCoreVersion.xml) \` `&& rm -f MDrivenServerOnCoreVersion.xml \` `&& curl -O "https://mdriven.net/PublicDownloads/MDrivenServerCoreLinux_${MS_VERSION}.zip" \` `&& unzip "MDrivenServerCoreLinux_${MS_VERSION}.zip" \` `&& rm -f "MDrivenServerCoreLinux_${MS_VERSION}.zip"`	Get the current MDriven Version, use it to download the current MDriven Server app and unzip it into the current working directory. If you have an existing MDriven Server instance, copy the files to the container. COPY ./mdriven-files .
`RUN dotnet nuget add source /mnt/c/capableobjectswush/Xternal/VistaDB --name XternatVistaDB`	Add the VistaDB package source.
`ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "AppCompleteGenericCore.dll", "-port=5010", "-nohttps"]`	Run the application on port 5010 and over http.

Create a docker file for the Turnkey Server

contents of MDrivenTurnkey.Dockerfile

# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0-alpine

RUN apk add --upgrade --no-cache \
        curl \
        unzip \
        xmlstarlet \
        musl-locales

ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ENV LANGUAGE=en_US:en
ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

RUN locale -a

WORKDIR /app

ARG TK_VERSION

RUN curl -O https://mdriven.net/PublicDownloads/MDrivenTurnkeyOnCoreVersion.xml \
    && TK_VERSION=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "//root/date" MDrivenTurnkeyOnCoreVersion.xml) \
    && rm -f MDrivenTurnkeyOnCoreVersion.xml \
    && curl -O "https://mdriven.net/PublicDownloads/MDrivenTurnkeyCoreLinuxMUSL_${TK_VERSION}.zip" \
    && unzip "MDrivenTurnkeyCoreLinuxMUSL_${TK_VERSION}.zip" \
    && rm -f "MDrivenTurnkeyCoreLinuxMUSL_${TK_VERSION}.zip"


COPY ./turnkey-settings ./App_Data


ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "StreaminAppCoreWebApp.dll", "-port=5020", "-nohttps"]

NOTE: For Turnkey Server, install locale packages and set language to prevent locale errors. The Turnkey uses the OS locale settings to determine which locale file is used by the Turnkey.

copy Turnkey settings to Turnkey APP_Data Folder. The turnkey-settings folder contains:

HardServerUrl Settings: To specify the address to be used by the Turnkey Server.

MDrivenServerOverride Settings: TO specify credentials for connecting to the MDriven Server

contents of turnkey-settings/HardServerUrl.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root HardServerUrl="http://localhost:5020">
</root>

contents of turnkey-settings/MDrivenServerOverride.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
  <MDrivenServerOverride MDrivenServerPWD="123456" MDrivenServerUSER="a">http://mdriven-server:5010</MDrivenServerOverride>
</root>

contents of compose.yaml

services:
  mdriven-server:
    build:
      dockerfile: MDrivenServer.Dockerfile
    networks:
      - app-net
    volumes:
      - mdriven-server-data:/app
    ports:
      - 5010:5010
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:5010"]
      interval: 24h
      timeout: 30s
      retries: 5
      start_period: 30s


  mdriven-turnkey:
    build:
      dockerfile: MDrivenTurnkey.Dockerfile
    networks:
      - app-net
    volumes:
      - mdriven-turnkey-data:/app
    ports:
      - 5020:5020
    depends_on:
      - mdriven-server


volumes:
  mdriven-turnkey-data:
  mdriven-server-data:
networks:
  app-net:

mdriven-server: creates a service for the MDriven Server using the MDrivenServer.Dockerfile file, the MDriven Server is connected to and available in the app-net network. The service is binding port 5010 on your host machine to 5010 port on which the MDriven Server is running in the container. The volume is added to persist the MDriven Server files in the /app folder whereit is currently located and running in the container. This allows for updating of the linux OS packages and images while leaving your Server data intact. without a volume, the server data is destroyed when container stops running.

The health check: on the MDriven Server is to solve the issue of Vista DB locking itself, a check is performed every after 24 hours and server is restarted to clear the lock state.

mdriven-turnkey: creates a service for the MDriven Turnkey using the MDrivenTurnkey.Dockerfile file, the MDriven Turnkey is connected to and available in the app-net network. The service is binding port 5020 on your host machine to 5020 port on which the MDriven Turnkey is running in the container. The volume is added to persist the MDriven Turnkey files in the /app folder where it is currently located and running in the container.

Adding depends_on: ensures the Turnkey service only starts after the MDriven Server has started.

app-net: is a network shared by the two services so that they can be able to communicate to each other.

Local Deployment

See also: