Introduce devcontainer

Author: ajoga

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+# pre-seed the timezone info
+RUN ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime \
+    # install sudo as it's not in the base image & installing_deps.sh expects it
+    && apt-get update && apt-get install --assume-yes git sudo \
+    # Make sudo works right away
+    && echo 'ubuntu ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/ubuntu \
+    && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/ubuntu
+
+USER ubuntu

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json.
+{
+	"build": {
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+		"context": ".."
+	},
+	"remoteUser": "ubuntu",
+	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
+	// "features": {},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	// "forwardPorts": [],
+	"onCreateCommand": "git submodule update --init --recursive",
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "./installing_deps.sh",
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	// "customizations": {},
+}

installing_deps.sh

@@ -8,39 +8,37 @@ set -e
 
 sudo apt-get update
 
-sudo apt-get install python3-pip virtualenv python3-dev python3-tk libfreetype6-dev \
-    screen g++ unzip libsnappy-dev cmake -qq
-
-sudo apt-get install automake libtool make gcc pkg-config -qq
+packages="python3-pip virtualenv python3-dev python3-tk libfreetype6-dev screen g++ unzip libsnappy-dev cmake automake libtool make gcc pkg-config"
 
 #Needed for downloading jemalloc
-sudo apt-get install wget -qq
+packages="${packages} wget"
 
 #Needed for bloom filters
-sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libfreetype6-dev python3-numpy -qq
+packages="${packages} libssl-dev libfreetype6-dev python3-numpy"
 
 # pycld3
-sudo apt-get install protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev -qq
+packages="${packages} protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev"
 
 # qrcode
-sudo apt-get install python3-opencv -y
-sudo apt-get install libzbar0 -y
+packages="${packages} python3-opencv libzbar0"
 
 # DNS deps
-sudo apt-get install libadns1 libadns1-dev -qq
+packages="${packages} libadns1 libadns1-dev"
 
 #Needed for redis-lvlDB
-sudo apt-get install libev-dev libgmp-dev -qq # TODO NEED REVIEW
+packages="${packages} libev-dev libgmp-dev" # TODO NEED REVIEW
 
 #Need for generate-data-flow graph
-sudo apt-get install graphviz -qq
+packages="${packages} graphviz"
 
 # ssdeep
-sudo apt-get install libfuzzy-dev -qq
-sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev autoconf -qq
+packages="${packages} libfuzzy-dev build-essential libffi-dev autoconf"
 
 # sflock, gz requirement
-sudo apt-get install p7zip-full -qq # TODO REMOVE ME
+packages="${packages} p7zip-full" # TODO REMOVE ME
+
+# resolve needed packages & install all at once while keeping history of why some packages are needed.
+sudo apt-get install --assume-yes ${packages}
 
 # SUBMODULES #
 git submodule update --init --recursive
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ git submodule update --init --recursive
 test ! -d redis/ && git clone https://github.com/redis/redis.git
 pushd redis/
 git checkout 5.0
-make
+make -j
 popd
 
 # tlsh
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ test ! -d pgpdump && git clone https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/pgpdump.git
 pushd pgpdump/
 autoreconf -fiW all
 ./configure
-make
+make -j
 sudo make install
 popd
 
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ unzip yara_temp/yara.zip -d yara_temp/
 pushd yara_temp/yara-${YARA_VERSION}
 ./bootstrap.sh
 ./configure
-make
+make -j
 sudo make install
 make check
 popd