bacnh85/openwrt_dev_machine repository overview

As there are many reasons to use OpenWrt⁠, I need to build OpenWrt iamge for my router at home as a part of my HomeLab project⁠.

I prefer Archlinux⁠ as a base container image for OpenWrt build:

This Archlinux container feature:

• Share SSH key with the host
• Share same UID, GID with the host for file editing
• Build environment: Archlinux latest

⁠Usage

Clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/ngohaibac/openwrt-docker-machine.git
cd openwrt-docker-machine

Change UID, GID in Dockerfile to match your user information. You can find UID, GID from your current Linux box with id which are 1000, 1000, respectively in my ClearLinux box. By doing this, there is no read/write permission when compiling.

$ id
uid=1000(bacnh) gid=1000(bacnh) groups=1000(bacnh),10(wheel),202(docker)

Start the bash inside the container to build OpenWrt image:

sh start.sh 
Creating openwrt-dev-machine ... done
[bacnh@59b1c14c9dfb opt]$ 

Then, follow the OpenWrt guidance⁠ to get source and compile your image.

$ git clone https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt

Together with VSCode + Remote-SSH plugin⁠, I am able to build OpenWrt image in my server remotely.

⁠Docker-compose usage

docker-compose.yml is provided inside the repo. You can customize to fit your need of bind mount.

version: '2'
services:
  openwrt_dev_machine:
    image: ngohaibac/openwrt_dev_machine
    container_name: openwrt-dev-machine
    volumes:
      - "./:/opt/"
      - ~/.ssh:/home/tux/.ssh
    tty: true
    network_mode: bridge

⁠Contribute

Welcome anyone to raise PR to my github repo: https://github.com/ngohaibac/openwrt-docker-machine⁠