added docs on how to leverage Dockerfile install for core and update Dockerfile to default to master for latest release

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Blake Harnden 2022-01-12 15:30:10 -08:00
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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LABEL Description="CORE Docker Image"
# define variables
ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
ARG PREFIX=/usr/local
ARG BRANCH=develop
ARG BRANCH=master
ARG CORE_TARBALL=core.tar.gz
ARG OSPF_TARBALL=ospf.tar.gz
@ -98,4 +98,3 @@ RUN wget -q https://adjacentlink.com/downloads/emane/emane-1.2.7-release-1.ubunt
rm emane-1.2.7-release-1.ubuntu-20_04.amd64.tar.gz && \
rm -rf emane-1.2.7-release-1
CMD ["systemctl", "start", "core-daemon"]
# sudo docker run -itd --name core -e DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:rw --privileged core

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@ -221,6 +221,23 @@ an installation to your use case.
inv install --dry -v -p <prefix> -i <install type>
```
## Dockerfile Install
You can leverage the provided Dockerfile, to run and launch CORE within a Docker container.
```shell
# clone core
git clone https://github.com/coreemu/core.git
cd core
# build image
sudo docker build -t core .
# start container
sudo docker run -itd --name core -e DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:rw --privileged core
# enable xhost access to the root user
xhost +local:root
# launch core-gui
sudo docker exec -it core core-gui
```
## Running User Scripts
If you create your own python scripts to run CORE directly or using the gRPC/TLV
APIs you will need to make sure you are running them within context of the