Running Vivado suit in Docker container

A. Download Vivado source

1. Download Vivado from your source (CAE or Xilinx) into proj/ folder

CAE: https://cae.jpl.nasa.gov

or

Xilinx: https://www.xilinx.com/support/download.html

B. Docker Setup

1. Build docker image

docker build --tag=my-vivado-image .

2.1 (Option 1) Create docker container from the image to run with VNC

docker run --name=my-vivado-container --user developer:root --shm-size=256m -e VNC_RESOLUTION=1920x1080 -it -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 -v $(pwd)/proj/:/home/developer/proj my-vivado-image /bin/bash

2.2 (Option 2) Create docker container from the image to run with X11

docker run --name=my-vivado-container -it -e DISPLAY=docker.for.mac.host.internal:0 -v $(pwd)/proj/:/home/developer/proj my-vivado-image:latest /bin/bash

3. Enter to the container

If container is not started start the container first:

docker container start my-vivado-container

Then enter to the container:

docker exec -it my-vivado-container bash

C. Install Vivado

1. Extract archive

Note: Change the name of the tar file based on your downloaded file

tar zxf Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2018.3_1207_2324.tar.gz

2. Run setup

./Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2018.3_1207_2324/xsetup --agree 3rdPartyEULA,WebTalkTerms,XilinxEULA --batch Install --config installation_config.txt

3. Add Vivado setting to the shell

echo "source /home/developer/proj/tools/Xilinx/Vivado/2018.3/settings64.sh" >> /home/developer/.bashrc

4. Add licence

cp /path/to/your/licence/Xilinx.lic /home/developer/.Xilinx/

D. Setting up the display

1.1 (Option 1) Running with VNC

Note: The VNC image is based on consol/ubuntu-xfce-vnc (see https://hub.docker.com/r/consol/ubuntu-xfce-vnc for more info)

1. Download VNC application from cae website

https://opencae.jpl.nasa.gov/portal/#/tool-detail/site__18_0_5_eda034b_1473882873612_377936_85638_cover

2. Connect using VNC client

If the container is started as VNC stated above, connect via one of these options:

connect via VNC viewer localhost:5901, default password: vncpassword
connect via noVNC HTML5 full client: http://localhost:6901/vnc.html, default password: vncpassword
connect via noVNC HTML5 lite client: http://localhost:6901/?password=vncpassword

1.2 (Option 2) Running with X11

Note: X11 might be slow and not responsive when running Vivado

1. Make sure to install XQuartz

$ brew install socat
$ brew cask reinstall xquartz

2. Close any 6000

On a new terminal, verify if there's anything running on port 6000

$ lsof -i TCP:6000

If there is anything, just kill the process

3. Open a socket on the port 6000 and keep the terminal open

$ socat TCP-LISTEN:6000,reuseaddr,fork UNIX-CLIENT:\"$DISPLAY\"

4. Verify 6000 is open

$ lsof -i TCP:6000

5. X11 setup

defaults write org.x.X11 enable_test_extensions -boolean true
defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 enable_test_extensions -boolean true
defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 startx_script -string "/opt/X11/bin/startx -- /opt/X11/bin/Xquartz"
defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 enable_iglx -bool true

Note: Make sure the output look like the following:

$ defaults read org.x.X11
{
    "enable_test_extensions" = 1;
}
$ defaults read org.macosforge.xquartz.X11
{
...
    "enable_test_extensions" = 1;
    "startx_script" = "/opt/X11/bin/startx -- /opt/X11/bin/Xquartz";
}

E. Starting LDXE window manager

To start the X window manager run the following:

startx

F. Starting Vivado

If everything is OK you can start Vivado from the comand line by:

Vivado

Removing docker container

docker container stop my-vivado-container
docker container rm my-vivado-container

Removing docker image

docker image rm my-vivado-image

Deleting .DS_Strore files

find . -name '.DS_Store' -type f -delete

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