Course Tools¶

Introducing dockasketch¶

The OS Sketch community offers a docker container that can be utilized for course projects and laboratory assignments. The dockasketch container currently comes equipped with the following capabilities:

• A full shell environment with all Linux commands
• Python 3.8.10
• A complete gcc toolchain

dockasketch in its current state has plenty of room for improvement. These are the additional capabilities that learners engaging with operating systems would benefit from:

• Updated Python (at least 3.10)
• pipx
• poetry
• Golang 1.19

As it currently stands, dockasketch is a suitable container for some of the content that will be encountered while learning about operating systems. Once the Dockerfile that supports it is outfitted with the aforementioned additional capabilities, it will be a suitable container for all of the content encountered within OS-Sketch.

Pulling dockasketch to your Local¶

dockasketch currently inhabits its own page within DockerHub, and can be found here.

Once you've arrived at the dockasketch page, you'll see a "pull" command on the right-hand side of the page. Copy that command and run it in a terminal window, and you'll have successfully pulled the Dockerfile to your local machine.

Building a dockasketch Container¶

Once you've pulled the Dockerfile to your local machine, you'll need to actually build a container using the dockasketch Dockerfile. Regardless of your operating system, the command is as follows:

docker build -t dockasketch .

The building process can take some time to complete. This is normal.

Running a dockasketch Container¶

Once the container has been successfully built, you'll then need to run the container to actually work within the container's workspace.

The command you'll use for this varies depending on the operating system. The possible commands are as follows:

Mac/Ubuntu:

docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD:/root" dockasketch

Windows:

The below command must be run in the Command Prompt, it will not work as expected if using PowerShell.

docker run --rm -it -v "%cd%:/root" dockasketch

Within moments you should be in your own instance (or image) of the dockasketch container! Congratulations!