This repository contains the Dockerfile and supplementary files for the installation of the EXFOR library as a MongoDB database, referred to as yet another computational EXFOR database or YacoX4 in short.
If Docker is installed on your system, you can install this database with the following instructions:
git clone https://github.com/gschnabel/compEXFOR-docker.git
docker build -t exfor-mongodb compEXFOR-docker
Depending on your Docker configuration, you may need to run the docker instruction with sudo/administrator priviledges. Subsequently the database application can be launched by
docker run -itd -p 27017:27017 --rm --name exfor-mongodb-cont exfor-mongodb
The database can be explored by using the mongo client, which can be started by
mongo on the command line if installed.
A more detailed description of the installation process
and simple usage examples can be found in the manual.
More Dockerfiles related to nuclear data can be found at www.nucleardata.com/#dockerimages.
Note:
The company behind MongoDB recently changed their license to the Server Side Public License which is controversial in the open-source community. Therefore you may want to check out the exfor-couchdb-docker repository to setup the EXFOR library as a CouchDB database.