Prerequisites
Make sure to have installed docker on your system.
Build the image
docker build -t $(whoami)/rembg-api .
Run the microservice in a container on port 7000
docker run -it -dp 7000:7000 --ipc=host --name rembg-api $(whoami)/rembg-api:latest
Keeping the models in a docker volume
If you are removing and re-creating containers often, consider mounting a volume in which to keep the downloaded models, so that they don't get re-downloaded everytime.
Create a docker volume:
docker volume create rembg_models
Run a container with the attached volume:
docker run -it -dp 7000:7000 -v rembg_models:~/.u2net/ --ipc=host --name rembg-api $(whoami)/rembg-api:latest
Start napari
Make sure to have installed the napari-rembg plugin.
napari
Generate segmentations in Napari using the rembg microservice
Open the plugin's remote segmentation widget:
Plugins > Napari Select Foreground > Select foreground (Web API)
Make sure the Network and Port parameters are correctly set up (they should point to where the docker container is running).