FieldSystemInterface — Deployment

Docker Image

Property	Value
Image name	field_system_interface
Base image	EDD base (non-GPU)
Ansible build role	roles/field_system_interface/
Registry	gitlab-registry.mpcdf.mpg.de/mpifr-bdg/edd/dbbc

The image installs python3-edd-dbbc and python3-edd-core from the MPIFR Aptly repository.

Ansible Deployment

The service is deployed via the field_system_interface role:

ansible-playbook provision.yml --tags field_system_interface

The role:

1. Creates the config directory at fs_interface_data_path (default /etc/edd/field_system_interface/)

2. Renders config.json from the Jinja2 template

3. Starts the container via EDD.core.common with:

image_name: field_system_interface
default_container_name: field_system_interface
register_as_pipeline: False
launch_on_deploy: True
restart_policy: "on-failure"
volumes:
  - "<fs_interface_data_path>:/etc/edd/field_system_interface/"

Key Ansible Variables

Defined in roles/field_system_interface/defaults/main.yml:

Variable	Default	Description
fs_interface_port	7150	KATCP server port
fs_interface_dbbc_port	5000	DBBC TCP port
fs_interface_mark5_port	2620	Mark5b port
fs_interface_n_if	4	Number of IFs
fs_interface_n_bbc	16	Number of BBCs
fs_interface_command_timeout	10.0	Command timeout (s)
fs_interface_sensor_cache_ttl	1.0	Sensor cache TTL (s)
fs_interface_data_path	/etc/edd/field_system_interface/	Config mount path
master_controller_host	localhost	Master Controller address
master_controller_port	7147	Master Controller KATCP port