docker.md

Running the project in a docker container

To build and run the Docker container

follow these steps:

• Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where the Dockerfile is located.
• Build the Docker image by running the following command:

$ docker build -t nextflow-genomic .

Run the container with the following command

$  docker run -it -d -v "$(pwd):/home" --name nextflow-genomic nextflow-genomic

If you get a name conflict error, run this command before re-running the container

docker stop nextflow-genomic  

Run NextFlow in the container

$ docker exec -it nextflow-genomic nextflow run main.nf  

Enter the container as a bash user

docker exec -it nextflow-genomic bash

Making changes to to container e.g., adding new software

Rebuild using:

$ docker build --no-cache -t nextflow-genomic .