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FORT Validator Docker Image

This is NICMx/FORT-validator's official Docker image. It's updated on every release.

Special thanks to ximon18 for his contribution.

Note: Thanks to ARIN's RPA policy update, FORT's Docker image is now (as of version 1.5.4) allowed to ship with all 5 RIR TALs. This means it is no longer necessary to configure them separately.

Getting the image

To pull the official docker image, run

docker pull nicmx/fort-validator:latest

If you want to build the image yourself, run the following command in the current directory:

docker build -t fort-validator:latest .

Usage

In case it isn't obvious: This will download a large amount of data; don't run it on a metered connection.

docker run --name fort-validator --publish 323:323 --detach nicmx/fort-validator

Host port 323 is mapped to container port 323, which is the RTR server's default binding port. Once the first validation cycle is complete, your routers will be able to access the VRP table through this service.

Default configuration:

{
	"tal":"/etc/fort/tal",
	"local-repository":"/var/local/fort"
}

--detach runs the container in daemon mode. You can access the logs like so:

docker logs -f fort-validator

Examples

Store the local cache in the host machine's /path/to/cache directory:

docker run \
	--name fort-validator \
	--publish 323:323 \
	--volume /path/to/cache:/var/local/fort \
	--detach \
	nicmx/fort-validator

Use your own configuration file:

docker run \
	--name fort-validator \
	--publish 323:323 \
	--volume /path/to/fort-config.json:/etc/fort/fort.conf:ro \
	--detach \
	nicmx/fort-validator

Append command line arguments:

docker run \
	--name fort-validator \
	--publish 323:323 \
	--tty --interactive \
	nicmx/fort-validator \
	[args]

Print --help:

docker run \
	--name fort-validator \
	--rm \
	--tty --interactive \
	nicmx/fort-validator \
	--help

Perform full validation, then print the VRP table to standard output:

docker run \
	--name fort-validator \
	--rm \
	--tty --interactive \
	nicmx/fort-validator \
	--configuration-file /etc/fort/fort.conf --mode standalone --output.roa -