ministryofjustice / operations-engineering-devcontainer

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Devcontainer Test Repository

Testing out using a devcontainer to accelerate local dev setup.

How to run the container

• Clone this repository.
• Run sh .devcontainer/container_dependencies.sh in the root of this repository to install the pre-requisites to build and run the devcontainer.
• The IDE should automatically open and prompt you to reopen the repository in a container, click 'Reopen in container', this may take some time the first time as the container will need to be built.
• You are now developing in the devcontainer.

How to build the container

• Modify .devcontainer/base_image/Dockerfile
• Run sh .devcontainer/base_image/build_and_push_to_dockerhub.sh
• That will update the base Docker image located at https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/ministryofjustice/operations-engineering-devcontainer/general

Future developments

• Secret integration e.g. using 1Password as here https://technical-documentation.data-platform.service.justice.gov.uk/documentation/platform/infrastructure/developing.html#prerequisites