feat: add bind_dir arg to DockerCommandLineExecutor + docs update

autogen/coding/docker_commandline_code_executor.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def __init__(
  container_name: Optional[str] = None,
  timeout: int = 60,
  work_dir: Union[Path, str] = Path("."),
+ bind_dir: Optional[Union[Path, str]] = None,
  auto_remove: bool = True,
  stop_container: bool = True,
  ):
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ def __init__(
  timeout (int, optional): The timeout for code execution. Defaults to 60.
  work_dir (Union[Path, str], optional): The working directory for the code
  execution. Defaults to Path(".").
+ bind_dir (Union[Path, str], optional): The directory that will be bound
+ to the code executor container. Useful for cases where you want to spawn
+ the container from within a container. Defaults to work_dir.
  auto_remove (bool, optional): If true, will automatically remove the Docker
  container when it is stopped. Defaults to True.
  stop_container (bool, optional): If true, will automatically stop the
@@ -85,6 +89,11 @@ def __init__(
 
  work_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
+ if bind_dir is None:
+ bind_dir = work_dir
+ elif isinstance(bind_dir, str):
+ bind_dir = Path(bind_dir)
+
  client = docker.from_env()
 
  # Check if the image exists
@@ -105,7 +114,7 @@ def __init__(
  entrypoint="/bin/sh",
  tty=True,
  auto_remove=auto_remove,
- volumes={str(work_dir.resolve()): {"bind": "/workspace", "mode": "rw"}},
+ volumes={str(bind_dir.resolve()): {"bind": "/workspace", "mode": "rw"}},
  working_dir="/workspace",
  )
  self._container.start()
@@ -132,6 +141,7 @@ def cleanup() -> None:
 
  self._timeout = timeout
  self._work_dir: Path = work_dir
+ self._bind_dir: Path = bind_dir
 
  @property
  def timeout(self) -> int:
@@ -143,6 +153,11 @@ def work_dir(self) -> Path:
  """(Experimental) The working directory for the code execution."""
  return self._work_dir
 
+ @property
+ def bind_dir(self) -> Path:
+ """(Experimental) The binding directory for the code execution container."""
+ return self._bind_dir
+
  @property
  def code_extractor(self) -> CodeExtractor:
  """(Experimental) Export a code extractor that can be used by an agent."""

website/docs/topics/code-execution/cli-code-executor.ipynb

@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@
  "-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock\n",
  "```\n",
  "\n",
- "This will allow the AutoGen container to spawn and control sibling containers on the host."
+ "This will allow the AutoGen container to spawn and control sibling containers on the host.\n",
+ "\n",
+ "If you need to bind a working directory to the AutoGen container but the directory belongs to your host machine, use the `bind_dir` parameter. This will allow the main AutoGen container to bind the *host* directory to the new spawned containers and allow it to access the files within the said directory. If the `bind_dir` is not specified, it will fallback to `work_dir`."
  ]
  },
  {