# Airnode Client Image
Usually the Airnode is deployed on a serverless platform using the deployer. However, there is another option which is to run the Airnode in a docker container on your machine locally, on premise or cloud hosted.
A docker client image has been published on Docker Hub (opens new window). If you want to build the container from the source yourself, you can find the image and built instructions in the Airnode repository (opens new window).
# Configuration
The Airnode needs two configuration files for its run: config.json and
secrets.env. These files need to be passed to the Docker container via
volumes.
The Docker container looks for configuration files mounted internally in the
/app/config directory.
Your current working directory should contain the configuration files above and
you bind it to the /app/config directory for the docker using the --volume
parameter.
# Usage
Example directory structure and commands for running the Airnode Docker container. The below commands are run from the depicted directory.
# Running Airnode
Use the following command to run Airnode:
If you want to connect Airnode to a blockchain running on localhost, you need to make the blockchain accessible from within the docker itself. If you use docker for linux you can use
--network="host"parameter. If you are using Docker Desktop (on any platform), connect tohttp://host.docker.internal:8545instead ofhttp://127.0.0.1:8545. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/24326540 (opens new window).
# Checking Airnode logs
Logs will be output to the console after running the above command. If you
decide to run Airnode in detached mode with --detach, you need to use the
logs command, optionally with --follow, to access the logs.
docker logs --follow airnode
# Stopping Airnode
docker stop airnode