Running with Docker Compose

Requirements

docker-compose version 1.15.0 or greater. Installation instructions vary by platform.

Starting game services locally

Obtain the source for the root project (gameontext/gameon)
- HTTPS: git clone https://github.com/gameontext/gameon.git
- SSH: git clone git@github.com:gameontext/gameon.git
Change to the gameon directory
```
$ cd gameon
```

Setup your environment (one time, see below).

$ ./go-admin.sh choose       # choose Docker Compose
$ eval $(./go-admin.sh env)  # set script aliases
$ alias go-run               # confirm `docker/go-run.sh`

Set up core game services (repeatable):
```
$ go-run setup
```
This will ensure that you have an env file suitable for use with docker-compose and pulls the initial images required for running the system.
When using Vagrant, this step is done as part of provisioning the VM.
Start core game services:
```
$ go-run up
```
Wait for the system warm up
```
$ go-run wait
```
or, to watch the logs stream by, try:
```
$ go-run logs
```
Carry on with building your room!
Clean up
```
$ go-run down
```

Files supporting Docker Compose

The docker subdirectory of the root project contains the files required to make game services go:

docker-compose.yml declares core game and required backing services
docker-compose.override.yml.example can be copied to docker-compose.override.yml and modified to support overlays for local development
go-run.sh helps with starting, stopping, and cleaning up Game On! core services.
docker-functions is used by go-run.sh to generate the keystore volume and perform docker-specific, environment-appropriate commands.

Configuration

When Game On! runs in the cloud, it uses etcd to obtain its configuration. When running locally it expects all this to be fed to it via the environment. The gameon.env file defined in the docker directory provides this local configuration for Docker Compose.

Some additional notes regarding environment-specific config:

When you run natively, the "host" for your containers is the OS itself, so 127.0.0.1 will work just fine (default url in gameon.env).
When you run in Docker Toolbox, there is a VirtualMachine acting as the host for your containers. This means that (for URLs and other things) you need to use the IP of the VM. A gameon.<DOCKER_MACHINE_NAME>env file will be created as a modified copy of gameon.env to adjust.
Similarly, if you are running with Vagrant, you need to use the Vagrant VM’s IP address. A gameon.vagrantenv file will be created in the docker directory as a modified copy of gameon.env.

SSH Keys and KeyStores

Because Game On! uses a Certificate for HTTPS and for JWT signing, we need to generate one for local use. We create a special mapped volume (called keystore) that provides a generated local keystore to containers.

Scripts will ensure that this volume exists.

Additional notes when running with Docker Compose:

docker-compose still requires sudo on linux platforms, even though docker doesn’t.
The Vagrant VM allows all sudo operations with no password.

Rebuilding Core Game services with Docker Compose

The following instructions assume you’ve cloned the root repository, and are interested in editing the map service as an example:

Change to the gameon directory
```
$ cd gameon
```
Obtain the source for the project that you want to change.
```
$ git submodule init map
$ git submodule update map
```
Make your changes from within the child directory
```
$ cd map
$ git checkout -b newbranch
```
Edit source or docker/image files using your favorite IDE.
Tip:
If you plan to edit projects with Eclipse, run ./bin/eclipse.sh to generate eclipse project files.
Compile the source and rebuild docker image
- To rebuild and restart the map service:
```
$ go-run rebuild map
```
- To rebuild the image without recreating the container:
```
$ go-run rebuild_only map
```
- If the service argument is left off, it will attempt to rebuild all of the core services (auth, map, mediator, player, room, webapp). If those submodules haven’t been checked out, there is no harm. The image from dockerhub will be used instead.
  Note: Top-down vs. incremental updates
  If you want to try using incremental publish, where your changes are live inside the container without requiring the container to be stopped, started, rebuilt or otherwise messed with, you’ll need to create and/or add some lines to ./docker/docker-compose.override.yml to create overlay volumes.
  ./docker/docker-compose.override.yml.example provides examples of how to map expected github subrepository paths to volumes. Copy snippets from that file for the services you’re interested in into docker-compose.override.yml.
  ./docker/go-run.sh will accommodate the creation of the docker-compose.override.yml file, but you may need to run eval $(./docker/go-run.sh env) to update your aliases.
Push your changes to a new branch. From the map directory:
```
$ git add -u
$ git commit -s
```

Git commits must be signed

Once you make your commit, if you go back to the root directory, you will see a pending change for map. This indicates that the submodule is different than the version from the current branch of the root project.

Do not check in changes to submodule versions

+ Care must be taken to avoid staging these files if you otherwise end up making changes to files in the root project itself.

Iterative development of Java applications with WDT

If you’re using Eclipse for development, and have opted for the iterative approach (using docker-compose.override.yml for volumes, e.g.), we recommend using WebSphere Developer Tools (WDT) to work with the Java services contained in the sample. There is some (one time) configuration required to make WDT happy with the docker-hosted applications, but you are then free to use eclipse to make changes to the project that will be immediately picked up by the running server without having to rebuild or restart anything.

Determining the host IP address (Docker Toolbox)

After you have Docker Toolbox installed, verify the host machine name: docker-machine ls. The default name is default, but if you’re a former Boot2Docker user, it may be dev instead. Substitute this value appropriately in what follows.

If you aren’t using the docker quick-start terminal, you’ll need to set the docker environment variables in your command shell using eval "$(docker-machine env default)".

Get the IP address for your host using docker-machine ip default.

./docker/go-setup.sh and ./docker/go-run.sh will create a gameon.<DOCKER_MACHINE_NAME>env file to account for the IP address difference.