Introduction to MDSplus using Docker

Journal Article · Sat Jan 23 04:00:00 EST 2021 · Fusion Engineering and Design

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.112121· OSTI ID:1851645

Lane-Walsh, S. ^[1]; Stillerman, J. ^[2]; Santoro, F. ^[2]; Fredian, T. ^[2]

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1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center (MIT PSFC); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center (MIT PSFC)

With increased use of MDSplus comes an influx of new users. With them comes a need for more and better ways to learn the suite of tools that is MDSplus. Therefore, the MDSplus team continually evaluates new technologies to improve our software and user experience. To this end, we investigated Docker to determine if and how it could help new users understand MDSplus, make MDSplus easier to install, and allow us to easily test old/new versions. To achieve this, a set of Docker images and instructions have been developed. This paper will provide an overview of MDSplus, and detail the methods to create and use the Docker images. Additionally, we will explore the limitations of such an approach, and the recommended applications. The project where these Docker Images were built, along with the Demo is here: https://github.com/WhoBrokeTheBuild/DockerizedMDSplus https://hub.docker.com/r/whobrokethebuild/mdsplus The now official Docker Images are available here: https://github.com/MDSplus/Docker https://hub.docker.com/r/mdsplus/mdsplus

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0012470
• OSTI ID: 1851645
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 2325506; OSTI ID: 23200590
• Journal Information: Fusion Engineering and Design, Journal Name: Fusion Engineering and Design Journal Issue: C Vol. 165; ISSN 0920-3796
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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