From 776b980d3b5d4308cb6191fee7dc47a9361aa88d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hohn <hohn@github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 13:26:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add container for server work

---
 README.md             | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 cmd/server/Dockerfile | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 cmd/server/Dockerfile

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42576ff..62f5a81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,27 @@
 
 TODO diagram
 
-TODO note: NO package init() functions
-Dynamic behaviour must be explicit
- 
\ No newline at end of file
+TODO Style notes
+- NO package init() functions
+- Dynamic behaviour must be explicit
+ 
+## cross-compile server on host, run it in container 
+1.  build server on host
+
+        GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build
+
+2.  build docker image
+
+        docker build -t server-image .
+
+3.  Start container with shared directory
+
+    ```sh
+    docker run -it \
+           -v   /Users/hohn/work-gh/mrva/mrvacommander:/mrva/mrvacommander \
+           server-image
+    ```
+
+4.  Run server in container
+
+        cd /mrva/mrvacommander/cmd/server/ && ./server
diff --git a/cmd/server/Dockerfile b/cmd/server/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8780222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/server/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Use Ubuntu 22.04 as the base image
+FROM arm64v8/ubuntu:22.04
+
+# Set environment variables to non-interactive to avoid prompts during installation
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Update the package list
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get clean 
+
+RUN mkdir /mrva
+
+# Set the default command
+CMD ["bash"]