The Container service runs in a container using FastAPI. It's responsible for creating and managing container environments for running functions on funcX.
You can run the service inside a docker container.
$ docker build -t container_service:latest .
$ docker run -d -p 5000:5000 container_service:latest
Or set up a build environment with
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
Then start the server with
$ uvicorn funcx_container_service:app --reload
The full API is documented at http://server:port/docs.
A database needs to be (TBD). The Docker daemon needs to be running (with the control socket) bind mounted into the container if applicable. Also requires Singularity 3.x in the build environment.