Sphinx-Server allows you to build Sphinx documentation using a Docker image based on Alpine.

Functionnalities:

• Sphinx documentation served by a python server
• UML support with PlantUML
• dot support with Graphviz
• Autobuild with sphinx-autobuild
• HTTP authentication

Limitations:

• This image is not bundled with LaTeX but you can generate .tex files and compile them outside of the container

Pull the image from Docker Hub using:

docker pull dldl/sphinx-server

If you only want to compile files without using the server, you can use the following command (for example) at the root of your documentation:

docker run -t -v "$(pwd)":/web dldl/sphinx-server make html

Clone this repository on your computer and build the image using the following command:

docker build -t dldl/sphinx-server .

You may add a .sphinx-server.yml file at the root of your project documentation if you want to use a custom configuration. You can see the default .sphinx-server.yml in this repository that will be used if you don't add yours.

Without autobuild (production mode):

If you want to enable HTTP authentication, just add a .sphinx-server.yml file at the root of your project documentation and add a credentials section. You also need to set autobuild to false.

Run the following command at the root of your documentation:

docker run -itd -v "$(pwd)":/web -p 8000:8000 --name sphinx-server dldl/sphinx-server

With autobuild enabled:

Autobuild is enabled by default. You may add folders and files to the ignore list.

Run the following command at the root of your documentation:

docker run -itd -v "$(pwd)":/web -u $(id -u):$(id -g) -p 8000:8000 --name sphinx-server dldl/sphinx-server

The web server will be listening on port 8000. All the files in the current directory will be mounted in the container.

• To stop the server, use docker stop sphinx-server
• To start the server, use docker start sphinx-server
• To remove the server, use docker rm -v sphinx-server

You can use the following command to open a shell into the container:

docker exec -it sphinx-server /bin/sh

You can then run commands like make html to build the documentation.