theunsp/devenvcontainer-cpp repository overview

⁠Overview

The image is designed to provide a development environment for C++ projects.

⁠Key Features

• Container Name: devenvcontainer-cpp
• User: The container runs with the user developer.
• Interactive Terminal: The container is started in interactive mode with a terminal (-it).
• Volume Mounting: A volume can be mounted to /home/developer/develop inside the container. This allows for persistent storage of development files.
• User Scripts Mounting: A volume can be mounted to /home/developer/bin inside the container. This allows for persistent storage of the user's script files.
• Base Image: The base image for this container is cppdevcontainer:<tag>.

⁠Usage

The container can be started with the following command:

docker run --name devenvcontainer-cpp --user developer -it -v /path/on/host:/home/developer/bin -v devenvcontainer-cpp-develop:/home/developer/develop theunsp/devenvcontainer-cpp:latest bash

This command will:

1. Create and run a container named devcontainercpp.
2. Use the developer user inside the container.
3. Attach an interactive terminal session.
4. Mount the /path/on/host directory to /home/developer/bin.^1⁠
5. Mount the devcontainercppdevelop volume to /home/developer/develop.
6. Start a bash shell inside the container.

This setup is ideal for C++ development, providing a consistent and isolated environment for building and testing C++ applications.

⁠IDE Integration

When running a terminal from an IDE, such as VS Code, you can simply run the command bash in the terminal to get a fully functional Bash shell.

⁠Footnotes

1. Example of path on Windows: C:\path\on\host ↩⁠