doodad

A library for packaging dependencies and launching scripts (with a focus on python) on different platforms using Docker. Currently supported platforms include AWS (in development), GCP, and remotely via SSH.

doodad is designed to be as minimally invasive as possible - most code can be run without any modifications.

See the quickstart guide for a quick tutorial.

Setup

• Install Python 2.7+ or Python 3.6+. doodad currently supports both.

• Install Docker CE.

• Add this repo to your pythonpath.

export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/path/to/this/repo

• Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

• (Optional) Set up EC2

python scripts/ec2_setup.py

Example

Launching commands is very simple with doodad. The following script will launch a docker container and execute the command echo helloworld:

from doodad.launch import launch_api

launch_api.run_command('echo helloworld')

To launch a python program, specify the path to the script.

from doodad.launch import launch_api

launch_api.run_python('path/to/my/python/script.py')

Misc

EC2 code is based on rllab's code.