Change the access to CPU & memory on Mac & Windowsīack in late-2015 running OpenFOAM® on something other than a mainstream Linux distribution was a daunting proposition.

How do I add some other package to the container?.

How do I add my favourite text editor to the container?.

Can I keep them or do I have to re-do them every time?

I’ve made some changes to my container.

How do I get my data into & out of the container?.

Building your own OpenFOAM Docker image.

What problem does Docker solve for CFD?.

What is Docker? Why is it useful for CFD? What is it good/not-so-good for? And, most importantly, how do you actually use it? That’s what I hope this updated version might achieve. But I think there’s still some confusion about using OpenFOAM with Docker. Since then, both OpenCFD & The OpenFOAM Foundation have started distributing Docker-ised versions of their respective releases, easing these issues. make it easier to work with several different versions (&/or different releases) of OpenFOAM on the same machine.

providing a consistent CFD environment across a range of operating systems.

the problem of installing OpenFOAM® on anything other than a mainstream Linux distribution.

The motivation for the original version of this article was to flag Docker as a possible solution to: Updated May 2019 to be much more comprehensive than the original September 2015 version A little background

Docker for windows vs linux performance