acscommunity/acsdev repository overview

⁠Quick Reference

• Maintained by:

  ALMA⁠ - Common Infrastructure Team

• Where to get help:

  ACS Documentation⁠, ACS Community Slack⁠, ACS mailing list⁠

⁠What is ACS?

ALMA Common Software (ACS) is a distributed software framework developed specifically for the ALMA Observatory to support the development, deployment, and operation of the Observatory. It provides a standardized way to build and integrate software components that control the hardware and coordinate the scientific and operational functions of the telescope.

⁠How to use this image

Run container

docker run -dit --name acs acscommunity/acsdev:stream9.2025apr

Enter container

docker exec -it acs /bin/bash

⁠Configuration

Load the ACS environment (We configure this alias to load the environment more easily)

acs

⁠Check INTROOT

echo $INTROOT 

The acs alias to source the environment and the INTROOT variable are already set in the .bashrc