Setting up CVAT

Created : 08/11/2022 | on Linux: 5.15.0-52-generic
Updated: 08/11/2022 | on Linux: 5.15.0-52-generic
Status: Draft

Installing CVAT locally:

Note: I personally like to install pyenv to keep my system python clean.

please follow these installation steps listed in the official CVAT repository.

I checked out the master branch instead of the development branch.

After installing for the first time I suggest that you run docker-compose and keep the shell running to see the diagnostics. (this can be done by omitting the -d flag in the compose command)

Then with a new shell you can log into the django environment with docker exec -it cvat_server /bin/bash --login

once you log in you can create a user with

python manage.py createsuperuser

Now you can login to the server depending CVAT_HOST variable you set at the initialisation using google chrome

e.g. type http://cvat.gsrv.lan:8080/ in the address bar. (note: this will only work for me in my lab environment)

After you conform everything works fine you may restart the server with the shell detached.

Shutting down

You can shut the server down by cd ing to the cvat directory and then typing docker-compose down

Tricks

Log into PostgreSQL

you can log into postgres with

docker exec -it cvat_db /bin/bash --login

Change where the data is stored or retrieved from.

if you want to create a database in a separate place follow along the instructions here but instead of the cvat_share use the cvat_data option shown below (or use both appropriately). The extra storage is now mounted to somewhere in /mounted/files/location/cvat_extended_storage/cvat_database

volumes:
  cvat_data:
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      device: /mounted/files/location/cvat_extended_storage/cvat_database
      o: bind

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