How to set up your own OSRM backend with Docker on Windows

osrm_docker_windows.md

How to set up your own OSRM backend with Docker on Windows

The OSRM docker quick start provides a great explanation on how to set up the container: https://hub.docker.com/r/osrm/osrm-backend/

Yet - for Docker on Windows minor changes were necessary for me (otherwise I'd get "File not found" or "Permission" errors).

This is how it worked for me:

1. Pull the image

docker pull osrm/osrm-backend

2. Download OpenStreetMap extract

Download OpenStreetMap extracts for example from Geofabrik

e.g.

• for Berlin use: http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany/berlin-latest.osm.pbf
• for Hamburg use: http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany/hamburg-latest.osm.pbf
• etc.

Save the OpenStreetMap extract in a folder you can access from the shared drive: e.g. if your shared drive is "C:" place it in a folder "C:/docker"

3. Pre-process extract

Pre-process the extract and start a routing engine HTTP server on port 5000.

Depending on what kind of routing you want to use, choose the profile accordingly:

• car: car.lua

• walking: foot.lua

• bike: bicycle.lua

  docker run -t -v c:/docker:/data osrm/osrm-backend osrm-extract -p /opt/PROFILE.lua /data/CITY-latest.osm.pbf

So for car rides in Berlin use:

docker run -t -v c:/docker:/data osrm/osrm-backend osrm-extract -p /opt/car.lua /data/berlin-latest.osm.pbf

Then run:

docker run -t -v c:/docker:/data osrm/osrm-backend osrm-partition /data/berlin-latest.osrm
docker run -t -v c:/docker:/data osrm/osrm-backend osrm-customize /data/berlin-latest.osrm

4. Start the Routing Engine

docker run --name osrm -t -i -p 5000:5000 -v c:/docker:/data osrm/osrm-backend osrm-routed --algorithm mld /data/berlin-latest.osrm

Then the docker container should be running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/

Test request:

curl "http://127.0.0.1:5000/route/v1/driving/13.388860,52.517037;13.385983,52.496891?steps=true"

To get the engine started a second time when you pick up your work, only the last container needs to be started again. If you named it (with the flag --name osrm), you can run:

docker start osrm

Futher useful links:

• Project website: http://project-osrm.org/
• GitHub Link: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend
• API Documentation: http://project-osrm.org/docs/v5.5.1/api/#general-options
• Docker backend image: https://hub.docker.com/r/osrm/osrm-backend/

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@AlexandraKapp What if I want curl "/foot/" or "/bicycle/" profiles how do I get that? I am trying to display the routes on a webpage this deafults to driving I did download bicycle and foot profiles lua's how do I use that to display routes all three of them at once

This method does not seem to work for bicycle and foot routes. These docker images will still run at the port 5000 although I wrote "5300:5300" and once making a query to 5300, there would be no connection.