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Great idea to do a docker DXSpider, TNX!

How to edit the /spider/connect files? I found no editor that I know about (pico, nano, joe, vi)?

Also how do you forsee to update the DXSpider software when the new versions come out?

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Simon, S53ZO

Hi @kconkas

I'm wanting to upgrade my DXSpider install to the mojo branch to make use of the skimmer functions, is the best way to fork and edit the Dockerfile for the different branch or is their an easier way

Peter.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Run Docker Image as described in README.md:

$ docker run --env CLUSTER_CALLSIGN="MY1CALL-2" \
--env CLUSTER_SYSOP_NAME="Joe Bloggs" \
--env CLUSTER_SYSOP_CALLSIGN="MY1CALL" \
--env CLUSTER_LATITUDE=+51.5 \
--env CLUSTER_LONGITUDE=-0.13 \
--env CLUSTER_LOCATOR="IO91WM" \
--env CLUSTER_QTH='London, England' \
--env CLUSTER_SYSOP_EMAIL="[email protected]" \
--env CLUSTER_SYSOP_BBS_ADDRESS="MY1CALL@MY1CALL-2.#1.CTY.CO" \
--env CLUSTER_PORT=1234 \
--mount source=dxspider_data,target=/spider \
-p 1234:1234 \
kconkas/dxspider:latest

2. Telnet to chosen port. The welcome message contains the set values, except for CLUSTER_QTH:
   Hello C1ALL, this is MY1CALL-2 in East Dereham, Norfolk

3. Log in to docker container and inspect /spider/local/DXVars.pm. Note its $myqth is still:
   $myqth = "East Dereham, Norfolk";

The image currently in use is based on CentOS linux and adds quite a bit of an overhead for running DX Spider (it is about 200 MB big). Investigate whether Alpine-linux based base image could cut this size down.

DX Spider supports US State and City lookups for US call signs (details in http://www.dxcluster.org/download/#usdb). This, as a user-configurable option, would be useful addition to Docker image.

When CLUSTER_CALLSIGN option doesn't match that previously used (stored the Docker volume) and OVERWRITE_CONFIG is set to yes, the following error appears on startup:

Do you wish to destroy your user database (THINK!!!) [y/N]: Do you wish to reset your cluster and sysop information? [y/N]: cluster
DXSpider V1.55, build 0.166 (git: 4868adf[i]) started
Copyright (c) 1998-2019 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
loading prefixes ...
US Database not loaded
loading band data ...
loading user file system ...
<CLUSTER_CALLSIGN> missing, run the create_sysop.pl script and please RTFM at ./cluster.pl line 449.
<CLUSTER_CALLSIGN> missing, run the create_sysop.pl script and please RTFM at ./cluster.pl line 449.
 at ./cluster.pl line 449.

The only workaround for this is to destroy the dxspider_data docker volume after removing any containers that may be using it (thus losing previously stored data):

$  docker volume rm dxspider_data
dxspider_data
Error response from daemon: remove dxspider_data: volume is in use - [bd576e537b7aa449b00b7642debd11437672644aac6bd6cc5a63a026166231b4]
$ docker rm bd576e537b7aa449b00b7642debd11437672644aac6bd6cc5a63a026166231b4
bd576e537b7aa449b00b7642debd11437672644aac6bd6cc5a63a026166231b4
$ docker volume rm dxspider_data
dxspider_data

Existing Docker image can only be run on Intel-compatible CPUs. It would be convenient to also be able to run it on various ARM devices (e.g. Raspberry Pi).