Docker and Docker Compose

Overview

The Drone FlightLog API and UI are available as Docker container images. Please see the following Docker Hub repositories for more information:

• droneflightlogapisqlite
• droneflightlogmvc

To run the Drone Flight Log UI and the associated Web Service in Docker:

• Create a folder to contain the database and Docker Compose file
• Create a database in that folder using the instructions in the "Database" section
• Create a user in the database using the instructions in the "Database" section

When completed, the folder structure should look as follows:

Create the Docker Compose file

• The following is an example Docker Compose file that can be used to run the Drone Flight Log service and UI from the published Docker images
• It should be saved as "docker-compose.yml" in the folder containing the database

version: "3.7"

services:
  drone-ui:
    container_name: droneflightlogmvc
    image: davewalker5/droneflightlogmvc:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "8082:80"
    networks:
      - droneflightlog-network
    depends_on:
      - drone-api

  drone-api:
    container_name: droneflightlogservice
    image: davewalker5/droneflightlogapisqlite:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "8092:80"
    networks:
      - droneflightlog-network
    volumes:
      - C:\DroneFlightLog:/var/opt/droneflightlog.api/

networks:
  droneflightlog-network:
    driver: bridge

• Make sure the "drone-ui" port number, 8082 in this example, is an unused port on the local machine
• The example assumes that the database file is in the local folder C:\DroneFlightLog
• This should be changed as appropriate
• To start the application, open a terminal window, change to the folder and run the following command:

docker compose --project-directory . up -d

• The output should look similar to this:

C:\DroneFlightLog>docker compose --project-directory . up -d
[+] Building 0.0s (0/0)                                                                                                                                              docker:default
[+] Running 3/3
 ✔ Network droneflightlog_droneflightlog-network  Created                                                                                                                      0.1s
 ✔ Container droneflightlogservice                Started                                                                                                                      0.1s
 ✔ Container droneflightlogmvc                    Started                                                                                                                      0.1s

• With the application running, browsing to the following URL should show the login page:

http://localhost:8082

• Replace the port number, 8082, with the port used for the "drone-ui" in the Docker Compose file
• To stop the application, from the same folder run the following command:

docker compose --project-directory . down

• The output should look similar to this:

C:\DroneFlightLog>docker compose --project-directory . down
[+] Running 3/3
 ✔ Container droneflightlogmvc                    Removed                                                                                                                      0.5s
 ✔ Container droneflightlogservice                Removed                                                                                                                      0.6s
 ✔ Network droneflightlog_droneflightlog-network  Removed                                                                                                                      0.2s

Flight Properties

• The first time the application is run, the flight properties will be empty and it is recommended that an initial set of properties is configured via the UI
• Once the application is running, setup the flight properties that can be associated with each flight
• Browse to the "Data Maintenance > Flight Properties" option and use it to add the properties that can be recorded against each flight
• The following is an example property set:

Property Name	Type	Single Instance
Wind Speed Minimum	Number	Yes
Wind Speed Maximum	Number	Yes
Wind Gust Speed	Number	Yes
Temperature Minimum	Number	Yes
Temperature Maximum	Number	Yes
Battery Id	String	Yes
Battery Charge Maximum	Number	Yes
Battery Charge Minimum	Number	Yes
Landings	Number	Yes
Barometric Pressure	Number	Yes

• For further information on flight properties, see the section on the "Database"