Repository to use Docker as ROSS development Tool

Within this Repository scrips and Dockerfiles will be stored to work with Docker.

install docker

To install docker follow the instructions from the docker website:

https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/

dockerutils

copy the files in your project and adapt them to your needs they can be used to start the ros images:

  • docker_ros1_start_template
  • docker_ros2_start_template

Docker and GUI's

To work with a GUI in a Docker container the X-Server must be shared with the docker container. Dis can be done as discribed here:

http://wiki.ros.org/docker/Tutorials/GUI

Within this project until now the first method is used. Be aware that this method is not safest way.