Add ssh to local development image to allow dev ide to debug project in docker

Dockerfile

@@ -43,14 +43,28 @@ FROM base AS development
 # additional package required otherwise build of coveralls fails
 RUN apk add --no-cache libffi-dev
 
+# Allow connecting to the container via ssh so that some IDE's can use the python interpreter
+RUN apk add openssh vim
+RUN ssh-keygen -A
+# Create directory for SSHD to run
+RUN mkdir /var/run/sshd
+# Set a password for root (for testing purposes)
+RUN echo 'root:password' | chpasswd
+# Allow root login with password
+RUN sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+RUN sed -i 's/AllowTcpForwarding\sno/AllowTcpForwarding yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+
+# Expose SSH port
+EXPOSE 22
+
+
 RUN PIP_CONSTRAINT=/tmp/constraint.txt pip install -r ./requirements/requirements-dev.txt --no-cache-dir
 COPY . .
 
 # Make sure static assets directory has correct permissions
 RUN chown -R app:app /home/app && \
     mkdir -p cla_backend/assets
 
-USER 1000
 EXPOSE 8000
 CMD ["docker/run_dev.sh"]
 

docker-compose.yaml

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ services:
       target: ${ENVIRONMENT:-development}
     ports:
       - '8010:8000'
+      - '2222:22'
     stdin_open: true
     tty: true
     volumes:

docker/run_dev.sh

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
+# Generate SSH host keys (fix for the error)
+ssh-keygen -A
+/usr/sbin/sshd
 
 # used to generate static files for local development.
 
-python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+su -c 'python manage.py collectstatic --noinput' app
 
-./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+su -c './manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000' app