Docker-Lab

Docker Lab - Managing docker containers as "labs"

Prerequisites

Docker - Docker should be running on the host machine
MongoDB - A MongoDB instance is needed, provide a connection string in the config.js file
NodeJS & NPM - This is a NodeJS application, with dependencies provided in the package.json file
- In order to install the bcrypt dependency on a Windows machine, it may be needed to run "npm install --global windows-build-tools" before attempting to install it

Run the application using "npm run start" and wait for it to finish initializing (initializing the db and pulling the required images)
Once operational, you can do the following:
- Get all the labs at http://host:port/labs (defaults to http://127.0.0.1:3000/labs, configurable in the config.js file)
- Login to get a token via a POST request to http://host:port/login (username and password configurable)
  - The post request should be with Content-Type: "application/json"
  - Formatted like this: {"username": "admin", "password":"Nimad123"}
Using the token recived from the login method, you can gain access to the following methods (send the token as a header called "token")
- Get a list of running instances at http://host:port/instances
- Start a new lab instance at http://host:port/instances/start, providing a lab name (for example: {lab_name: 'sql-lesson'})
  - Will return an instance id
- Stop lab instance at http://host:port/instances/stop, providing an instance id