Download and installation

Import the Docker image

C-Rex is distributed by HTTP download. With the purchase of a license, you get a personal URL like https://www.netnea.com/c-rex/downloads/f954ce2b-faa1-4809-b89b-203cdexample/ from which the software can be downloaded. There will be multiple files named c-rex_master_<version>.tar.gz. To import the desired version into your local docker environment, run the below curl command (here we use 1.4.1, replace as needed):

$ curl https://www.netnea.com/c-rex/downloads/f954ce2b-faa1-4809-b89b-203cdexample/c-rex_master_1.4.1.tar.gz | docker load

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  519M  100  519M    0     0  17.0M      0  0:00:30  0:00:30 --:--:-- 18.2M
617169f2ba1e: Loading layer [==================================================>]  916.8MB/916.8MB
26a08fe6e664: Loading layer [==================================================>]  32.49MB/32.49MB
97a7f076384f: Loading layer [==================================================>]  20.62MB/20.62MB
8c36578c7552: Loading layer [==================================================>]  9.785MB/9.785MB
a848aa6348b5: Loading layer [==================================================>]   2.56kB/2.56kB
262eac4dca8f: Loading layer [==================================================>]  5.632kB/5.632kB
c8a4db1d7d00: Loading layer [==================================================>]  835.6kB/835.6kB
90cbb6bde28c: Loading layer [==================================================>]  110.1kB/110.1kB
3f1dc6fda96d: Loading layer [==================================================>]  13.31kB/13.31kB
8099fd0b0957: Loading layer [==================================================>]  3.584kB/3.584kB
6edcfcd2c42d: Loading layer [==================================================>]  211.5MB/211.5MB
644a1b115a15: Loading layer [==================================================>]  9.932MB/9.932MB
324b85525742: Loading layer [==================================================>]  188.8MB/188.8MB
Loaded image: c-rex:master_1.4.1

After a successful import, you should be able to see the imported image with docker images:

$ docker images c-rex:*master* 
REPOSITORY   TAG                       IMAGE ID       CREATED       SIZE
c-rex        master_1.4.1   eb94c90ca3a8   2 weeks ago   1.47GB

Running the Docker image

Use the docker run command to start C-Rex. You need to publish the internal 3001 TCP to a port of your choice on the host system. In this example, we use port 8080:

$ docker run --rm --detach --publish 8080:3001 c-rex:master_1.4.1

Now you can access C-Rex by pointing your browser to http://<your server's ip or localhost>:8080.