Added bind mount for docker.sock.

.env.example-linux

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DOCKER_SOCK_PIPE=/var/run/docker.sock

.env.example-windows

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DOCKER_SOCK_PIPE=//./pipe/docker_engine

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+# misc
+.DS_Store
+.env
+.env.local
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local

README.md

@@ -4,3 +4,32 @@ This repository creates the admin user interface which serves the following purp
 - Enable contributors to spin up both a dev server to test their fork and a code server to edit their fork.
 - Enable contributors to easily access both of these interfaces.
 
+# Example Linux .env file
+
+    DOCKER_SOCK_PIPE=/var/run/docker.sock
+
+# Example Windows .env file
+
+    DOCKER_SOCK_PIPE=//./pipe/docker_engine
+
+# Create a .env file
+
+Copy the Windows example .env file.
+
+    copy .env.example-windows .env
+
+Copy the Linux example .env file.
+
+    cp .env.example-linux .env
+
+# Use docker compose to bring up admin app
+
+Using docker compose:
+
+    docker compose --env-file .env up --build -d
+
+# Use docker compose to bring down admin app
+
+Using docker compose:
+
+    docker compose down

admin-api/docker.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 const Docker = require('dockerode');
-const docker = new Docker();
+const docker = new Docker({socketPath: process.env.DOCKER_SOCK_PIPE||'/var/run/docker.sock'});
 
 module.exports = docker;

docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 # docker-compose.yml
-version: '3'
 services:
   admin-app:
     build: ./admin-app
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
+    volumes:
+      # - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
+      - "$DOCKER_SOCK_PIPE:$DOCKER_SOCK_PIPE"
   admin-api:
     build: ./admin-api
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     ports:
       - "3001:3001"