Question

[ruben-ewe]

Dear authors,

I am trying to set up and run the software stack. I am installing it for a local Windows machine. My question is: how long does it usually take for the basic infrastructure to be ready (after running docker-compose up)? I think I need to give it more time, but I am not entirely sure if it is now getting stuck on something and has gone into a loop. Currently it's running for ~3hr.

Thanks in advance for your time and help,

Cheers

[ewoudwerkman]

Hi @ruben-ewe,

After docker compose up you should see some logging on the screen (this will continue endlessly). Starting up should take a few minutes, depending on how fast your internet connection is to download all the containers, read in the intial database configruation. So say max 10 minutes when you start it the first time. Subsequent starts should be below a minute.

You could also do a docer compose up -d (do a Ctrl+C first to stop the previous command), then you see no logging but show the progress regarding startup, signalling when all services/containers are running.

Hope this helps.

[ruben-ewe]

Hi @ewoudwerkman,

Thanks for your quick reply. Everything is working fine, I wrongly interpreted the logging as part of the infrastructure configuration 🙃

Best

[edwinmatthijssen]

Hi Ruben,

Just out of curiosity, what are you intending to do with the tooling? Can you elaborate a bit on your use case?

Regards, Edwin

[ruben-ewe]

Hi @edwinmatthijssen,

I'm in an exploratory phase to try out the map editor and play with it, and then try out the Warming Up Design Toolkit and see what it can do! :) I work at an engineering firm.

Cheers

[edwinmatthijssen]

Thank you for your answer. Good luck with it... If you have any questions or suggestions, don't hesitate to contact us.

PS. The WarmingUp Design Toolkit is being replaced by the NieuweWarmteNu design toolkit soon. Models are completely different and focus more on optimization of district heating networks (pipe routing, pipe sizing, optimal buffer placement); simulation will still be possible. Also a commercial frontend is being developed, that will be offered as a hosted service (requires to pay some fee, you'll get support, but no need to install it yourself anymore). Open source will remain available.