Run-2-nodes-in-a-single-docker-container.rst

Pull the ROS2 docker image with tag "ardent-basic".

docker pull osrf/ros2:ardent-basic

Run the image in a container in interactive mode.

$ docker run -it osrf/ros2:ardent-basic
root@<container-id>:/#

Your best friend is the ros2 command line help now.

root@<container-id>:/# ros2 --help

E.g. list all installed packages.

root@<container-id>:/# ros2 pkg list
(you will see a list of packages)

E.g. list all executables:

root@<container-id>:/# ros2 pkg executables
(you will see a list of <package> <executable>)

Run a minimal example of 2 C++ nodes (1 topic subscriber listener, 1 topic publisher talker) from the package demo_nodes_cpp in this container.

ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp listener &
ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp talker