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TY - UNPB AU - Howells, G.D. AU - Finch, I.D. ED - Furukawa, Kazuro ED - Yan, Yingbing ED - Leng, Yongbin ED - Chen, Zhichu ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - Containerised Control Systems Development at Isis and Potential Use in an Epics System J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2021, Shanghai, China, 14-22 October 2021 CY - Shanghai, China T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 18 LA - english AB - Control system developers at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source have been using Docker container technology as an efficient means to trial and develop interconnected software systems. We outline how the group has been able to use pre-existing container images in the traditional style for recording system metrics (e.g., TIG stack) and other telemetry. Furthermore, with the ISIS control system migrating from Vsystem to EPICS, we report how core components of these systems have been built and used within containers. We finally discuss whether such container technology could be used to implement the end goal of a full EPICS control system, or whether it is best suited to exploratory investigations. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland ER -