OpenFOAM Docker Notes

setup-openfoam-docker.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Tested on mainline Arch Linux
# No dependencies other than docker/curl and assuming sudo configured.

# Following https://develop.openfoam.com/Development/openfoam/-/wikis/precompiled/docker#running-openfoam-in-a-container:
curl https://develop.openfoam.com/packaging/containers/-/raw/main/openfoam-docker -o openfoam-docker
sudo chmod +x openfoam-docker

# Check that script can be executed:
# openfoam-docker -help

# Make a exe that will bind to the current working directory from any prompt (make a symlink):
sudo ln -sf $(pwd)/openfoam-docker /usr/local/bin/openfoam-run

# From that point onward to run openfoam-docker:
# openfoam-run
# This will create an interactive openfoam prompt with the current directory mounted into the container.

# On host, you will need to install paraview if you want viz:
# sudo pacman -S paraview

# To viz, after you've run blockMesh/icoFoam etc.
# run `foamToVTK` in container
# run `paraview` on host (open generated openfoam.vtm.series)