Overview of the Setup Process

In this section, you read how to get a sedex Client up and running as a Docker container. This page provides an overview of the two phases required for the setup. Separate subsections provide detailed step-by-step instructions for each of the two phases.

Setup in two phases

Setting up and running a new sedex Client Docker container consists of two phases.

Phase 1: Initial Configuration (only once)
In the phase 1, initial configuration, the external permanent data storage ("sedex-interface" and "sedex-data") is created and initially configured. This phase is only executed once at the start of setup. This phase should not be executed again for an initialized sedex Client.

Phase 2: Run sedex Client (repeatedly)
In the phase 2, the sedex Client Docker container is created, connected to the prepared permanent storage, and started for normal operation. This phase is typically executed repeatedly because containers are disposable and therefore can be thrown away and then recreated. Terminating a container and replacing it with a new one becomes necessary, for example, when the container needs to be moved to another host, certain configuration changes need to be made, or when the container needs to be upgraded to a new version.

The documentation covers both phases separately.