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Subject: Re: PCAS (using pcaspy) in docker ""server isnt attached to a network"
From: Andrew Johnson <[email protected]>
To: "Sparger, John E." <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:08:47 -0500
Hi John,

Do you know which version of the Base libraries you are using, both for
pcasPy and for the soft IOC? I know we made some changes to the network
interface code recently, and you might find that if you can get pcasPy
to use the latest Base-3.15.5 versions of the libraries the behaviour
might be different. I can't promise it will fix it, but it would be
helpful to know.

One thing I did notice in your ifconfig output, the broadcast inet
address for your container has not been set; configuring that might make
a difference (it's worth trying at least).

- Andrew

On 03/30/2017 11:58 AM, Sparger, John E. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> If I try to run pcaspy in docker, I get the following error in CAS:
> 
>  
> 
> ```
> 
> filename="../../../../src/cas/io/bsdSocket/casDGIntfIO.cc" line number=121
> 
> server isnt attached to a network - unable to continue
> 
> filename="../../../../src/cas/io/bsdSocket/caServerIO.cc" line number=116
> 
> Attempt to set server's IP address/port failed unable to attach explicit
> interface
> 
> filename="../../../../src/cas/generic/caServerI.cc" line number=59
> 
> server isnt attached to a network - CA server internals init unable to
> continue
> 
> terminate called after throwing an instance of 'int'
> 
> ```
> 
>  
> 
> I understand that this has something to do with CAS's interface
> detection. However, if I run `softIOC` with the following db
> 
>  
> 
> ```
> 
> echo "record(ai,"test_pv") {
> 
> field(VAL,"3")
> 
> }" > test.db
> 
>  
> 
> softIOC -d test.db
> 
> ```
> 
>  
> 
> It works fine and I can `caget testpv` from another container without
> issue. This leads me to believe that the plumbing is there but that
> there is some assumption made in how CAS detects broadcast interfaces
> that is not holding true in docker.
> 
>  
> 
> Have you all been able to successfully run pcaspy  or cas-based servers
> in docker? Are there some environment variables I can set to help cas along?
> 
>  
> 
> I should note that setting `EPICS_CAS_INTF_ADDR_LIST="localhost"` WILL
> allow pcaspy will run in docker, but then the PVs are not visible
> outside that docker container, so it's not that useful.
> 
>  
> 
> Also for reference, here is what ifconfig returns from inside the container:
> 
>  
> 
> ```
> 
> ifconfig
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 02:42:ac:11:00:02 
> 
>           inet addr:172.17.0.2  Bcast:0.0.0.0  Mask:255.255.0.0
> 
>           inet6 addr: fe80::42:acff:fe11:2/64 Scope:Link
> 
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> 
>           RX packets:237 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> 
>           TX packets:186 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> 
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> 
>           RX bytes:240235 (234.6 KiB)  TX bytes:11013 (10.7 KiB)
> 
>  
> 
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
> 
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
> 
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> 
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
> 
>           RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> 
>           TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> 
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
> 
>           RX bytes:208 (208.0 B)  TX bytes:208 (208.0 B)
> 
> ```
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> 
>  
> 
> John Sparger
> 

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