Creating a Docker Image

The following guide defines how to create your own docker image if your hardware platform uses a compiler that is not in the list of Supported Compilers.

SensiML Base Images

In order to create a docker image, we have provided a number of base images at https://hub.docker.com/u/sensiml.

The source code for these base images resides at https://github.com/sensiml/docker-base-images

Creating a Custom SDK Image From Supported Compiler

In order to use a create a custom SDK image, you must first use a base image from the list of SensiML supported compilers.

In this example, we will be using Arm GCC. The base images for SensiML using Arm GCC are here: https://hub.docker.com/r/sensiml/arm_gcc_none_eabi_base/tags.

Specify Base Version

The code below will allow you to specify any of the tagged versions of our Arm GCC compiler images.

ARG BASE_VERSION
FROM sensiml/arm_gcc_none_eabi_base:${BASE_VERSION}

Note

Here, BASE_VERSION will be “9.3.1”, “10.2.1”, etc. to match the output version of arm-none-eabi-gcc --version downloads provided on the Arm Developer site

Add SDK Code to the Dockerfile

After pulling in the base image, your platform SDK can be added to the image. If no context is given, our build scripts assume that the SDK has been copied into build. This can be done in a few ways. If your SDK resides in an open repository, you can clone it directly.

RUN git clone --depth 1 --recursive https://repo_address.git /build

If you need to have an archive copied over, it is suggested to use a tar file

ADD sdk_tar.tar /build

Here is an example of how the Quicklogic qorc-sdk is pulled into a Docker image via git clone

FROM sensiml/base_image:latest
LABEL Author="Justin Moore <justin.moore@sensiml.com>"
LABEL Description="Image for building library/applications for Qorc-SDK"

RUN git clone --depth 1 --recursive https://github.com/QuickLogic-Corp/qorc-sdk.git /build

WORKDIR /build
RUN bash -c "source envsetup.sh"

#Keep environment setup on re-entry.
ENTRYPOINT ["source", "/build/envsetup.sh"]

Creating a Custom Compiler Image

When creating a custom compiler image, we’ll need to start with the sensiml/sensiml_base image.

The base image will provide you with an image that has the latest tools required by SensiML to build and communicate with our services:

FROM sensiml/base_image:latest

Now, add your compiler toolchain. In this example, we’ll show how the Arm GCC toolchain is installed within the SensiML base images, as well as pathing information.

FROM sensiml/base_image:latest
LABEL Author="J Developer <j.dev@company.com>"

ARG ARM_GCC_DOWNLOAD_LINK="https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-rm/10-2020q4/gcc-arm-none-eabi-10-2020-q4-major-x86_64-linux.tar.bz2"
ARG ARM_GCC_FOLDER_NAME="gcc-arm-none-eabi-10-2020-q4-major"
ARG ARM_GCC_VERSION="10.2.1"

LABEL Description="Image for building arm-gcc project using Arm-gcc $ARM_GCC_VERSION"
RUN cd /usr/local && wget -qO- $ARM_GCC_DOWNLOAD_LINK | tar -xj

ENV PATH="/usr/local/$ARM_GCC_FOLDER_NAME/bin:${PATH}"

Here, Arm GNU Embedded tools are downloaded for version 10.2.1 (2020-q4-major), and put in /usr/local. This information is then added to the PATH.

Creating a Custom Compiler & SDK Image

When creating an image with a custom compiler and device SDK to build both library and binary Knowledge Pack downloads, first follow the steps to create a Custom Compiler Image.

You can then add your SDK code to the image.

Testing a Docker Image

If your SDK has a knowledgepack example, you can build the docker image:

docker build . -t my_sdk_testing

And then run the image interactively to test:

docker run -it my_sdk_testing

From here you will be in the Docker container. You can navigate to where your application is built and run the steps required to build.

Finalizing your Image

Now it’s time to delete the knowledgepack folder from the Docker image. This ensures that any model built using the Docker image will be using the generate model/source code from SensiML servers. In the example below, we assume all Knowledge Pack source/libraries are stored in a knowledgepack folder:

RUN find /build -type d -name "knowledgepack" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -R