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Isaac IMI Docker development

You can choose to run simulations with Isaac IMI in a Docker container on your local machine or a remote headless server.

Warning

The Isaac IMI Docker image depends on the Isaac Sim docker image. By running the container you are implicitly agreeing to the NVIDIA Software License Agreement.

System setup

Before running the container on your host system, follow the instructions outlined in the Container Setup section of the Isaac Sim documentation.

The instructions outlined in that section section will:

  1. Check if your host system can run NVIDIA Isaac Sim
  2. Install the necessary NVIDIA drivers
  3. Install Docker and complete the post install steps
  4. Install the NVIDIA container toolkit to allow you to run GPU accelerated containers

Run the container

Clone the isaacimi repo on the host system: 

git clone https://github.com/kit-dsm/isaacimi.git

A Dockerfile and compose.yaml are provided in the isaacimi root folder. To build the image, create the container, and start the container, run the following command in the root folder: 

docker compose up

The container should now be up and running! A folder in your home directory ~/isaacimi-workspace is bind mounted to the /workspace directory in the container.