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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