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Finch Daemon

The Finch Daemon project is an open source container runtime engine that enables users to integrate software that uses Docker's RESTful APIs as a programmatic dependency. Some core features include:

• A partial implementation of the Docker API Spec v1.43
• Native support for Linux environments

The Finch Daemon project is actively taking contributions, especially to improve API compatibility.

Onboarding & Development

Please review CONTRIBUTING.md for onboarding, as well as for an overview of the development cycle for this project. Additionally, check the Makefile for additional information on setup & configuration.

Quickstart

Make sure NerdCTL and Containerd are installed and set up

Linux

Getting started with Finch Daemon on Linux only requires a few steps:

1. Clone the repository - git clone https://github.com/runfinch/finch-daemon.git
2. cd finch-daemon
3. Install Go and make sure that go version is >= 1.22
4. Build and spin up the finch-daemon server with

   make
   sudo bin/finch-daemon --debug --socket-owner $UID

5. Test any changes with make test-unit and sudo make test-e2e

Creating a systemd service

If you want finch-daemon to be managed as a systemd service, for benefits like automatic restart if it gets killed, you can configure it as a systemd service on Linux by following these steps:

1. cd /path/to/finch-daemon
2. sudo cp finch.service /etc/systemd/system/
3. Refresh the service files to include the new service - sudo systemctl daemon-reload
4. Start the service - sudo systemctl start finch.service
5. To check the status of the service - sudo systemctl status finch.service
6. To enable the service on every reboot - sudo systemctl enable finch.service
7. To disable the service on every reboot - sudo systemctl disable finch.service

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Licensing

Finch Daemon is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE for the full license text.