ROS development on MacOSX using docker

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ROS development on MacOSX using docker

We need to use docker-machine to handle USB ports inside the docker.

Docker Machine (0.16.1)

• Install docker-machine: https://docs.docker.com/machine/install-machine/
• Docker version: 18.09.2, build 6247962
• Install virtualbox >= 6.0

Configuration

Follow this gist: https://gist.github.com/stonehippo/e33750f185806924f1254349ea1a4e68 to setup USB to be visible inside the container.

Pull ROS image

docker pull ros:latest

Run container

Following the guide : https://docs.docker.com/samples/library/ros/

Create network

docker network create ros-network

Container with roscore only

docker run -it --rm --net ros-network --name=roscore ros:latest roscore

Dev container

Command with debug support:

docker run -it --rm \
    --security-opt seccomp:unconfined \
    --net ros-network \
    -p 9091:9091 \
    --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 \
    -v $PWD:/home/project \
    --name=$container_name \
    --workdir=/home/project \
    $image_name /bin/bash

RViz container

Install XQuartz

Install it from : https://www.xquartz.org/

Configure following: https://sourabhbajaj.com/blog/2017/02/07/gui-applications-docker-mac/

• https://sourabhbajaj.com/blog/2017/02/07/gui-applications-docker-mac/#run-xquartz

• get host IP: ifconfig en0 | grep inet | awk '$1=="inet" {print $2}'

• defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 enable_iglx -bool true

Run XQuartz

IP=$(ifconfig en0 | grep inet | awk '$1=="inet" {print $2}')
xhost +${IP}

Install RViz to ROS Image

Run

docker run --rm \
    --env="DISPLAY=192.168.5.43:0" \
    --volume="$HOME/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority:rw" \
    --net ros-network \
    --env ROS_MASTER_URI=http://roscore:11311 \    
    --name=rviz \
    ros_rviz:latest rviz

hi, did you display rviz successfully by xquart?
I tried all the solutions i found and only manage to see the splash screen of rviz, and then segment fault.
would be appreciate if there is any suggestions from you

hi, did you display rviz successfully by xquart?
I tried all the solutions i found and only manage to see the splash screen of rviz, and then segment fault.
would be appreciate if there is any suggestions from you

I encountered the same problem. rqt tool works fine but rviz keeps crashing.

hi, did you display rviz successfully by xquart?
I tried all the solutions i found and only manage to see the splash screen of rviz, and then segment fault.
would be appreciate if there is any suggestions from you

I encountered the same problem. rqt tool works fine but rviz keeps crashing.

It seems there is a opengl problem. Check this out

I figured out how to get ROS and RViz running on a Mac through docker.
Here's the repo and step by step instructions to get it running:
https://github.com/nebocleaning/mac-ros

I figured out how to get ROS and RViz running on a Mac through docker.
Here's the repo and step by step instructions to get it running:
https://github.com/nebocleaning/mac-ros

good job bro, you can definitely get rviz running on mac through browser or vnc viewer, but what we talked about here is through the xquart

Hello, once I degrade to Xquartz 2.7.8, rviz was running successfully but now crash again，but other 3d viewers are runing well.

replace ros:latest with ros:noetic-ros-core to get core running.

However the rviz docker image is no longer available and I wasn't able to find an alternative that runs