andrewdnolan/elmerice repository overview

⁠Elmer/Ice Docker Image

To download this Elmer/Ice image, execute the command:

docker pull andrewdnolan/elmerice

A special thanks to Nick Richmond and his docker image⁠, which was used as the template for this repo.

⁠First Time

After pulling the Elmer/Ice image with the command above, execute the command:

docker run -v $(pwd):/home/glacier/shared_directory -it --name=NAME andrewdnolan/elmerice  

where NAME is your docker image instance name. A sensible choice might be elmerenv. The -v $(pwd):/home/... part of the command above mounts your current working directory as a shared directory with the Elmer/Ice container. Therefore, navigate to a sensible directory before you execute the command above. After the command is run, the container will start in the $HOME directory (/home/glacier/). Navigate to /home/glacier/shared_directory/ to access the mounted volume. A mounted volume allows you to pass data back and forth from the container to the local machine.

To exit the Docker container use exit or ^D.

⁠Subsequent Times

After pulling the Docker container, you only need to docker run ... the container the first time using. To use the container (with it's instance name: NAME) execute the command:

docker start NAME

Or use the docker GUI and start the container (by pressing the "play" button).

For an interactive session, with access to command line, run:

docker exec -it NAME bash

Or, to just execute a command in the background:

docker exec NAME sh -c "ElmerSolver ..."

⁠Why Not Use the Other Elmer/Ice Docker Images?

This container was written as a deliberate addition to existing Elmer/Ice Docker containers. The main addition of this container is it preserves the elmerice directory that containers all of the user functions and examples. The builddir is also deliberately kept so you can test instilation by running the cmake test (see here⁠)