ASH custom service setup

doerp · 15 September 2023 09:51

Hey folks
i’m trying to build my own little service with ASH that listens to project-created events in ayon. I have ASH running as a container and I can confirm it’s connected to ayon-server. However I can’t wrap my head around why the services folder in ayon-shotgrid for instance holds docker-compose files. Does ASH itself host containers? Is this docker-in-docker? Maybe someone can shed some light on this for me

mustafa_jafar · 15 September 2023 11:46

as far as I know, yes.
you describe how it works.
Check martin’s post.

I’m not sure if the steps mentioned in his posts are updated as things change quickly in Beta stage. but his posts explain how it works.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/martastain/26b01967d357ebe2bb77cc853b08d4f8

ash.md

Using Ayon service host
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Ayon service host (ASH) is a helper service that allows you to run other services in docker containers.
It periodically checks the services declared in the Ayon server database and starts them if they are not
running. It also provides a simple API for services to report their status and to receive configuration.

This document describes how to set up ASH and use it to run OpenPype import service.

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doerp · 15 September 2023 13:39

Thanks for the answer mustafa
from the discord I got to know that current ASH is spawning a container for each defined service on its HOST.
So it’s not docker-in-docker (yet?) but rather works like portainer for managing containers outside the actual container by defining a bind mount on the docker socket in docker-compose.yml