gilesknap / ioc-adsimdetector

An epics-containers Generic IOC for the Areadetector Simulator

ADSimDetector Generic IOC for epics-containers

Creates a generic IOC for ADSimDetector using GitHub Actions and IOC Builder for EPICS and Kubernetes (ibek).

The Generic IOC built by CI is published to Github Packages.

How to test this container

1. git clone [e-mail]:epics-containers/ioc-adsimdetector.git

2. git submodule update --init --recursive

3. open the folder in vscode

4. reopen in container

5. optional - view log to see the build progress

6. open a terminal and perform the following inside the container

   • (TODO it would be nice to have a single ibek wrapper command for these or maybe add them in as part of the 'ioc build' wrapper)
   • ibek ioc build
   • ibek dev instance /epics/ioc-adsimdetector/ioc_examples/bl01t-ea-ioc-02
   • cd /epics/ioc
   • ./start
   • python -m http.server 8000 --directory /epics/opi

7. phoebus.sh -resource 'http://localhost:8000/index.bob'

Related projects

• ibek builds generic IOCs and IOC instances.
• ibek-support tells ibek how each EPICS support module is built.
• epics containers documentation explanations and tutorials for epics-containers.
• epics-base the EPICS base container image upon which all Generic IOCs are built.
• epics-containers-cli a command line tool to assist with building and deploying epics-containers into Kubernetes.