docker

Containerization

Install docker

To install docker, please refer the link: https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/

Install docker-compose

Install docker-compose using the commands below:

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.24.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Containerize the Application

The application has three parts:

• OpenVINO application
• InfluxDB
• Grafana

Each part of the application will run in separate container.

To containerize the application:

1. Go to the smart-retail-analytics-python directory.

   cd <path_to_the_smart-retail-analytics-python_directory>
   

2. Build the docker image with the name retail-analytics.

   docker build -t retail-analytics -f docker/DockerOpenvino/Dockerfile .
   

3. To run the retail-analytics container with influxdb and grafana containers. Run the below command:

   docker-compose up
   

   • Docker Compose tool is used to define and run multi-container docker application

4. To see the output of the application running in the container, configure the Grafana dashboard.

   • In your browser, go to localhost:3000.

   • Log in with user as admin and password as admin.

   • Click on Configuration.

   • Select “Data Sources”.

   • Click on “+ Add data source” and provide inputs below.

     • Name: Retail_Analytics
     • Type: InfluxDB
     • URL: http://influxdb:8086
     • Database: Retail_Analytics
     • Click on “Save and Test”

     

   • Click on + icon present on the left side of the browser, select import.

   • Click on Upload.json File.

   • Select the file name retail-analytics.json from smart-retail-analytics-python directory.

   • Select "Retail_Analytics" in Select a influxDB data source.

     

   • Click on import.