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This repository contains a Docker setup for running Exponent in a containerized environment.

Note: this is not Exponent's official Docker setup.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Docker Compose

Configuration

0. Clone this repository to your host machine.

1. Make sure you have a valid Exponent configuration file at ~/.config/exponent/config.json on your host machine. You can obtain it by running exponent login in your terminal.

2. (Optional) Set your user and group IDs if they differ from the default 1000 such that new files created in the container are owned by your user:

   UID=$UID GID=$GID VOLUME_PATH=/path/to/your/directory docker compose up --build

3. Set the VOLUME_PATH environment variable to specify the directory you want to mount in the container:

   VOLUME_PATH=/path/to/your/directory docker compose up --build

   For example:

   VOLUME_PATH=/home/yourname/projects/git_repository docker compose up --build

Running the Container

The docker compose up command will:

• Set the volume path to your project directory
• Build the Docker image (using the Dockerfile)
• Start the container

To stop the container:

docker compose down

Volume Mounts

The Docker Compose setup includes two volume mounts:

• Your working directory (specified by VOLUME_PATH) is mounted to /app in the container
• Your Exponent config file is mounted read-only from ~/.config/exponent/config.json to /home/ubuntu/.config/exponent/config.json

Notes

• The container automatically runs exponent run with the 'Y' confirmation flag
• To modify the command being run, edit the command field in docker-compose.yml