allanclempe / ib-gateway-docker

Interactive Brokers Gateway as a Docker image

ib-gateway-docker

This builds a Docker image with the latest version of Interactive Brokers' IB Gateway, the modern IbcAlpha/IBC for automation, and a VNC server for debugging purposes.

Building

docker build . -t ib-gateway-docker

Running

docker run --name=ib-gateway -p 4002:4002 -p 5900:5900 --env-file=.env ib-gateway-docker:latest

This will expose port 4002 for the TWS API (usable with, e.g., ib_insync) and 5900 for VNC (with default password 1358). Neither are secure for public internet access, as the expectation is that private, secure services will sit on top and be the only open interface to the internet.

To disable VNC, set VNC_PORT as empty value in .env file.

Multi instances

Run more than one instance if you want to work with multi clients. Set .env file IB_INSTANCES paramater with number of instances. Username, password and ports will be sufixed with underscore + number of instance.

eg:

IB_INSTANCES=2 # number of instances
TWS_PORT_RANGE=4000-4003 # exported ports

# first instance config
TWSUSERID_1=<your_username>
TWSPASSWORD_1=<your_password>
TWS_PORT_1=4002

# second instance config
TWSUSERID_2=<your_username>
TWSPASSWORD_2=<your_password>
TWS_PORT_2=4003

running it:

docker run -p 4002:4002 \
           -p 4003:4003 \
           -p 5900:5900 \
           --env-file .env \
           ib-gateway-docker:latest