Add Cyclone DDS as default supported DDS scheme

.github/workflows/_build-image.yaml

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           file: ./${{ inputs.dockerfile }}
           platforms: ${{ inputs.architectures }}
           push: true
-          cache-from: type=registry,ref=lcas.lincoln.ac.uk/cache/${{ inputs.push_image }}:${{ inputs.ros_distro }}
+          # cache-from: type=registry,ref=lcas.lincoln.ac.uk/cache/${{ inputs.push_image }}:${{ inputs.ros_distro }}
           cache-to:   type=registry,ref=lcas.lincoln.ac.uk/cache/${{ inputs.push_image }}:${{ inputs.ros_distro }},mode=max
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}

base.dockerfile

@@ -10,17 +10,27 @@ ENV ROS_DISTRO=${ROS_DISTRO}
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y \
+RUN apt-get update || true \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gnupg ca-certificates \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get upgrade -y \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     build-essential \
+    ca-certificates \
     cmake \
     git \
     curl \
     wget \
     unzip \
     ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-ros-base \
-    python3-colcon-common-extensions \
+    ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-rmw-cyclonedds-cpp \
+    python3-colcon-common-extensions && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && locale-gen en_GB.UTF-8 \
+    && update-locale LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+
 RUN . /opt/ros/${ROS_DISTRO}/setup.sh && rosdep update
 
 ARG USERNAME=ros
@@ -29,20 +39,27 @@ ARG USER_GID=$USER_UID
 
 # Create a non-root user
 RUN groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
-  && useradd -s /bin/bash --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID -m $USERNAME \
-  # Add sudo support for the non-root user
-  && apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends sudo \
-  && echo $USERNAME ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME\
-  && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    && useradd -s /bin/bash --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID -m $USERNAME \
+    # Add sudo support for the non-root user
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends sudo \
+    && echo $USERNAME ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME\
+    && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Cyclone DDS Config
+COPY cyclonedds.xml /etc/cyclonedds.xml 
 
 # Configure bash profile
 RUN echo "if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then source /etc/bash.bashrc; fi" >> /root/.bashrc && \
+    echo "if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then source /etc/bash.bashrc; fi" >> /home/${USERNAME}/.bashrc && \
     echo 'PS1="${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ "' >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
     echo "source /opt/ros/${ROS_DISTRO}/setup.bash" >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
     echo "alias t='tmux'" >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
-    echo "alias cls='clear'" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
+    echo "alias cls='clear'" >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
+    echo "RMW_IMPLEMENTATION=rmw_cyclonedds_cpp" >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
+    echo "CYCLONEDDS_URI=file:///etc/cyclonedds.xml" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
 
+USER ${USERNAME}
 CMD ["bash", "-l"]
 

cuda.dockerfile

@@ -11,26 +11,27 @@ ENV ROS_DISTRO=${ROS_DISTRO}
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-# Install language
-RUN apt-get update ; \
-  apt-get upgrade -y && \
+RUN apt-get update || true \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gnupg ca-certificates \
+  && apt-get update \
+  && apt-get upgrade -y \
   apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   locales \
   curl \
+  wget \
+  ca-certificates \
   gnupg2 \
   lsb-release \
   git \
   nano \
   python3-setuptools \
   software-properties-common \
-  wget \
   tzdata \
-  && locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 \
-  && update-locale LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
+  && locale-gen en_GB.UTF-8 \
+  && update-locale LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
-RUN curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -o /usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg
+ENV LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 
 # Prepare ROS2
 RUN add-apt-repository universe \
@@ -40,8 +41,12 @@ RUN add-apt-repository universe \
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-ros-base \
   python3-rosdep \
+  ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-rmw-cyclonedds-cpp \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Cyclone DDS Config
+COPY cyclonedds.xml /etc/cyclonedds.xml 
+
 RUN . /opt/ros/${ROS_DISTRO}/setup.sh && rosdep init && rosdep update
 
 # Setup VirtualGL
@@ -65,10 +70,13 @@ RUN groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
 
 # Configure bash profile
 RUN echo "if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then source /etc/bash.bashrc; fi" >> /root/.bashrc && \
+  echo "if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then source /etc/bash.bashrc; fi" >> /home/${USERNAME}/.bashrc && \
   echo 'PS1="${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ "' >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
   echo "source /opt/ros/${ROS_DISTRO}/setup.bash" >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
   echo "alias t='tmux'" >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
-  echo "alias cls='clear'" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
+  echo "alias cls='clear'" >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
+  echo "RMW_IMPLEMENTATION=rmw_cyclonedds_cpp" >> /etc/bash.bashrc && \
+  echo "CYCLONEDDS_URI=file:///etc/cyclonedds.xml" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
 
 ENV TVNC_VGL=1
 ENV VGL_ISACTIVE=1
@@ -80,5 +88,7 @@ ENV VGL_PROBEGLX=0
 ENV LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdlfaker.so:/usr/lib/libvglfaker.so
 ENV SHELL=/bin/bash
 
+USER ${USERNAME}
+
 CMD ["bash", "-l"]
 

docker/cyclonedds.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<CycloneDDS>
+  <Domain>
+    <General>
+      <AllowMulticast>true</AllowMulticast>
+    </General>
+    <Discovery>
+      <ParticipantIndex>auto</ParticipantIndex>
+    </Discovery>
+  </Domain>
+</CycloneDDS>