Simple OpenFOAM Dockerfile

Dockerfile

# Start from the official Ubuntu Bionic (18.04 LTS) image
FROM ubuntu:bionic

# Install any extra things we might need
RUN apt-get update \
	&& apt-get install -y \
		vim \
		ssh \
		sudo \
		wget \
		software-properties-common ;\
		rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Create a new user called foam
RUN useradd --user-group --create-home --shell /bin/bash foam ;\
	echo "foam ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers

# Install OpenFOAM v6 (without ParaView)
# including configuring for use by user=foam
# plus an extra environment variable to make OpenMPI play nice
RUN sh -c "wget -O - http://dl.openfoam.org/gpg.key | apt-key add -" ;\
	add-apt-repository http://dl.openfoam.org/ubuntu ;\
	apt-get update ;\
	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends openfoam6 ;\
	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* ;\
	echo "source /opt/openfoam6/etc/bashrc" >> ~foam/.bashrc ;\
	echo "export OMPI_MCA_btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism=none" >> ~foam/.bashrc

# set the default container user to foam
USER foam