Deploying 2501 on-premise is straightforward using Docker swarm. You only need to deploy the 2501 Engine and Accounts services. The autonomous agents will automatically be run inside swarm services.

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Prerequisites

  • You will be given access to the 2501 image registries.
  • A Docker Swarm cluster initialized with docker swarm init on the manager node.
  • Worker nodes joined to the cluster using docker swarm join (if using multiple nodes).
  • For production, it’s recommended to pre-pull the images on every Swarm node for faster deployments and to avoid network issues during rollout.

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Deploying for testing

For quick testing, you can use docker run with the given images and environment variables. The 2501 services will be run as standalone containers, and will NOT benefit from the Swarm orchestration and scaling.

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Deploying for production

We will provide a Docker Compose file that will deploy the 2501 services. It’s recommended to pre-pull the Engine and Accounts images on every Swarm node for faster deployments. You can then use the docker stack deploy command to deploy the services to the Swarm cluster. The 2501 services will be run as Swarm-managed services, and will benefit from the Swarm orchestration, scaling, and high availability features.

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Docker Compose + Swarm Caveats

  • Compose file version: Must use version 3.x or higher.
  • Ignored directives: build, depends_on, container_name, links, and restart are ignored. Images must be pre-built, and use deploy.restart_policy instead of restart.
  • Host volumes: Paths must exist on all nodes. Consider using named volumes with drivers for multi-node setups.
  • Swarm config: Use the deploy: section for replicas, constraints, and resource limits (ignored by docker-compose up).

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Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues, you can use the docker service logs command to view the logs of the services. You can also use the docker stack ps command to view the tasks of the services.