Introducing IBGA

IBGA is IB Gateway in headless mode. It is a container image preloaded with scripts for automating user interactions with IBG.

Benefits:

• A “docker compose” flavored configuration
• Store username, password, time zone and other options in one place
• Automatic installation and easy upgrade of IBG
• Automatic handling of daily restarts beyond the one week limit, upon exit or crash
• Automatic handling of paper trading confirmation and options dialog
• Automatic daily export of logs
• Retaining of settings after an upgrade
• A disposable container design

Under the hood:

• IBGA runs in a set of bash scripts.
• IBGA relies on JAuto, a JVMTI agent to determine screen locations of windows, text boxes, and buttons.
• IBGA relies on xdotool to simulate keyboard and mouse input.
• IBGA relies on Xvfb, x11vnc, novnc to provide a VNC-capable X11 environment for IBG.