Containerized Configuration

The Spotfire Service for Python provides custom properties that are specific to the Linux operating system.

Configuration property	Default setting	Description
`use.engine.containers`	`TRUE`	Runs the Python engine inside a container when set this value to `TRUE` (the default).
`ram.limit`	`1000`	The amount of RAM and SWAP memory to which the Python engine containers are constrained, in megabytes.
`docker.image.name`	`centos:8.2.2004`	When you use containers, the Spotfire Service for Python builds a custom image based on a starting image. This property is used by the Dockerfile as the `FROM` line. See https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#from for more information. The Spotfire Service for Python default is CentOS.

Configuration property

Default setting

Description

use.engine.containers

TRUE

Runs the Python engine inside a container when set this value to TRUE (the default).

ram.limit

1000

The amount of RAM and SWAP memory to which the Python engine containers are constrained, in megabytes.

docker.image.name

centos:8.2.2004

When you use containers, the Spotfire Service for Python builds a custom image based on a starting image.