BuildWise CT Server in Docker

Set up a BuildWise Continuous Testing server in a Docker container.

A repost of my daughter’s article with permission. I added a few notes.

BuildWise is a free and open-source Continuous Testing server. I have used it in the past for uni and intern work. Running BuildWise in a Docker container may be helpful as you can skip all the manual set-up steps yourself. This article shows how to start up a BuildWise CT server in a Docker container.

Dockerfile’s Steps

1. Use Docker’s base image: ruby
   It comes with Debian Linux and Ruby pre-installed.
2. Download and unzip BuildWise to a specific folder
   In this case, I unzipped BuildWise to /var/www/sinatra.
3. Install the gems (libraries) required by the BuildWise server
   Run bundle install.
4. Start the BuildWise server
   I am running the server on container port 80.
5. For demo purposes, I’ve cloned a test project from Github
   Cloned the project to ~/work/projects/buildwise-samples
6. Start the BuildWise server when the container starts

Build & Run the container

docker build -f Dockerfile . -t "buildwise"; 
docker run -it -d -p 80:80 --name…