Simplest way to run python script in Unraid

[rvs007]

I'm asking the question here because I've been trying to create a docker container to run a simple python script and I'm in way over my head.  So hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction.

 

A little background... I've migrated from a Windows Server (2012R2) to an Unraid server and have gotten everything set up.  I'm now migrating all the little servers/apps that I had running on the Windows Server, one being a little python script called Alarmserver that I have running to allow the Envisalink module attached to my DSC alarm system to talk to a plugin in Homebridge.  The server is a bunch of .py files along with a alarmserver.cfg where I've edited with the configuration settings needed for alarmserver to run.

 

I'm trying to move this to Unraid.  I want to avoid having to run a Windows VM to run this in a Windows environment.  I figure a docker container would be the most efficient way to do this.  And I've found numerous docker containers in Docker Hub created by other users for this.  

 

But since I already have a folder with the script and a customized configuration file already set up, I'd like to just take that folder and put it in a container and run it, similar to what I'm doing in Windows. 

 

c:\python27\python.exe c:\alarmserver\alarmserver.py -c c:\alarmserver\alarmserver.cfg

 

So what's the simplest way to get this into a docker container in Unraid?  Thanks in advance.

[DevanteWeary]

Hey did you ever figure this out? Trying to do more or less the same as you.

[Aumoenoav]

Install python / python3 packages from the app store, install the script package, then you can create a script to run on cron or event

[primeval_god]

Depending on what the script needs access to the proper way to do python in unraid is to run it in a docker container. You can either create a custom image with all of your python files included (better if you need to install a bunch of packages link) or use a default container and bind mount in the script directory. The second option might look something like this 

docker run --rm -it -v /host/scripts:/container/scripts -w /container/scripts python:3.10 python main.py -some-arg

 

[Ruato]

On 7/18/2023 at 5:49 PM, primeval_god said:

Depending on what the script needs access to the proper way to do python in unraid is to run it in a docker container. You can either create a custom image with all of your python files included (better if you need to install a bunch of packages link) or use a default container and bind mount in the script directory. The second option might look something like this 

docker run --rm -it -v /host/scripts:/container/scripts -w /container/scripts python:3.10 python main.py -some-arg

 

 

Thank you for good information and help!

 

I need an access to custom network and it does not work if I create a temporary docker container with a docker run command. So, I need to create a custom image. In addition to the generic docker tutorial from the link above, is there a good tutorial that would present the unraid specific details for docker containers? 

[primeval_god]

18 hours ago, Ruato said:

I need an access to custom network and it does not work if I create a temporary docker container with a docker run command.

A custom docker network? You can specify any existing docker network in your run command.

18 hours ago, Ruato said:

In addition to the generic docker tutorial from the link above, is there a good tutorial that would present the unraid specific details for docker containers? 

I cant think of one off hand. For a python script container I cant think of much unRAID specific stuff to worry about.