Build Architecture#

OS Image Inheritance#

The ngen runtime environment (RTE) OS image is built from the following inheritance:

ngen-forcing/Dockerfile.bmi-forcings: Base image with packages NextGen_Forcings_Engine_BMI and ewts

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ngen/Dockerfile: ngen, partitionGenerator, and various extern submodule packages

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nwm-rte/Dockerfile.rte: RTE component packages

The RTE component Python packages include:

Code Repository (each includes 1 or more packages)	Python Virtual Environment
`nwm-fcst-mgr`	`ngen-python` (default)
`nwm-msw-mgr`	`ngen-python` (default)
`nwm-cal-mgr`	`ngen-python` (default)
`nwm-region-mgr`	`ngen-python` (default)
`nwm-data-assimilation`	`ngen-python` (default)
`nwm-verf`	`eval_verf`
`nwm-eval-mgr`	`eval_verf`