Added docker support

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM python:3.8
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN chmod +x /app/entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD ["python", "-u", "server.py"]

README.md

@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ source venv/bin/activate
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
-5. Set up the configuration in `config.ini`:
+5. Configuration
+  - Copy config/config.init.sample to config/config.ini
+  - Set up the configuration in `config.ini`:
    
   **[interface]**
   
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```ini
 [interface]
 type = serial
-# port = /dev/ttyUSB0
+# port = /dev/ttyUSB0 # or /dev/ttyACM0
 # hostname = 192.168.x.x
 
 [sync]
@@ -90,6 +92,16 @@ python server.py
 
 Be sure you've followed the Python virtual environment steps above and activated it before running.
 
+## Docker
+The docker entrypoint.sh will automatically copy config.ini.sample to config.ini
+if you want to edit config, make sure you add the config directory as a docker volume.
+
+```sh
+docker run -it --name tc2bbsmesh -v tc2bbsmesh-config:/config/ -v tc2bbsmesh-data:/data/  --device=/dev/ttyACM0 tc2-bbs-mesh
+```
+
+Tested on Orange Pi 3 LTS (Armbian), but should work on all linux distros.
+
 ## Features
 
 - **Mail System**: Send and receive mail messages.

config.ini.sample

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 [interface]
 type = serial
-# port = /dev/ttyUSB0
+# port = /dev/ttyACM0
 # hostname = 192.168.x.x
 
 

config_init.py

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import configparser
 import time
 import meshtastic.serial_interface
 import meshtastic.tcp_interface
+import os
 import serial.tools.list_ports
 
 def initialize_config():
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    config.read('config.ini')
+    config.read(os.getenv('CONFIG_FILE', 'config/config.ini'))
 
     interface_type = config['interface']['type']
     hostname = config['interface'].get('hostname', None)

db_operations.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import os
 import sqlite3
 import threading
 import uuid
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ thread_local = threading.local()
 
 def get_db_connection():
     if not hasattr(thread_local, 'connection'):
-        thread_local.connection = sqlite3.connect('bulletins.db')
+        thread_local.connection = sqlite3.connect(os.getenv('DB_FILE', 'data/bulletins.db'))
     return thread_local.connection
 
 def initialize_database():

entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+CONFIG_DIR=/app/config
+CONFIG_FILE=$CONFIG_DIR/config.ini
+SAMPLE_FILE=config.ini.sample
+
+# Create the config directory if it does not exist
+mkdir -p $CONFIG_DIR
+
+# Check if the config file exists, if not, copy the sample file
+if [ ! -f $CONFIG_FILE ]; then
+    if [ -f $SAMPLE_FILE ]; then
+        cp $SAMPLE_FILE $CONFIG_FILE
+        echo "Copied $SAMPLE_FILE to $CONFIG_FILE"
+    else
+        echo "Sample file $SAMPLE_FILE does not exist. Please provide a sample file."
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Config file $CONFIG_FILE already exists."
+fi
+
+exec "$@"