Run a local instance with Docker Compose

You can run a Network Next test environment locally with docker compose on any OS. This lets you quickly get a test instance of the whole system up and running locally, which you can interact with via a web browser.

1. Install Docker from http://docker.com

2. Change into the directory where you cloned the source

   cd ~/next

3. Build the system

   docker compose build

4. Bring the system up

   docker compose up

5. View the portal

Navigate to the network next portal at http://127.0.0.1:8080

It will take a few minutes for the system to fully initialize. Once everything has started up, you should see something like this:

Congratulations! Network Next up is up and running in docker!

6. Take the system down

   docker compose down

Next step: setup your local machine for development.