MindsDB Docker Desktop Extension

This is the Docker Desktop Extension for MindsDB. It allows you to use MindsDB within Docker Desktop.

Local Development

The extension is built using the Docker Desktop Extension SDK. To build and install the extension locally, you need to have Docker Desktop installed.

The following commands can be used to get the extension running locally.

To build the extension, use make build-extension or:

  docker buildx build -t mindsdb/mindsdb-docker-extension:latest . --load

To install the extension, use make install-extension or:

  docker extension install mindsdb/mindsdb-docker-extension:latest

If you want to automate this command, use the -f or --force flag to accept the warning message.

To preview the extension in Docker Desktop, open Docker Dashboard once the installation is complete. The left-hand menu displays a new tab with the name of your extension. You can also use docker extension ls to see that the extension has been installed successfully.

Frontend Development

During the development of the frontend for the extension, it's helpful to use hot reloading to test changes without rebuilding the entire extension. To do this, Docker Desktop can be configured to use a local development server as the source for the frontend.

To start the development server, run the following commands:

  cd ui
  npm install
  npm run dev

This starts a development server that listens on port 3000.

Docker Desktop can now be configured to use this as the frontend source. In another terminal run:

  docker extension dev ui-source mindsdb/mindsdb-docker-extension:latest http://localhost:3000

In order to open the Chrome Dev Tools for the extension when the extension tab is clicked, run:

  docker extension dev debug mindsdb/mindsdb-docker-extension:latest

Each subsequent click on the extension tab will also open Chrome Dev Tools. To stop this behaviour, run:

  docker extension dev reset mindsdb/mindsdb-docker-extension:latest

Note: This extension does not consist of a backend, rather it brings up the latest MindsDB container, which the front-end interacts with.

Clean up

To remove the extension:

docker extension rm mindsdb/mindsdb-docker-extension:latest