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dockerode

Not another Node.js Docker Remote API module.

dockerode objectives:

• streams - dockerode does NOT break any stream, it passes them to you allowing for some stream voodoo.
• stream demux - Supports optional stream demultiplexing.
• entities - containers, images and execs are defined entities and not random static methods.
• run - dockerode allow you to seamless run commands in a container aka docker run.
• tests - dockerode really aims to have a good test set, allowing to follow Docker changes easily, quickly and painlessly.
• feature-rich - There's a real effort in keeping All Docker Remote API features implemented and tested.
• interfaces - Features callback and promise based interfaces, making everyone happy :)

Ecosystem

• docker-modem https://github.com/apocas/docker-modem - Docker's API network stack
• dockerode-compose https://github.com/apocas/dockerode-compose - docker-compose in Node.js

Installation

npm install dockerode

Usage

• Input options are directly passed to Docker. Check Docker API documentation for more details.
• Return values are unchanged from Docker, official Docker documentation will also apply to them.
• Check the tests and examples folder for more examples.

Getting started

To use dockerode first you need to instantiate it:

var Docker = require('dockerode');
var docker = new Docker({socketPath: '/var/run/docker.sock'});
var docker1 = new Docker(); //defaults to above if env variables are not used
var docker2 = new Docker({host: 'http://192.168.1.10', port: 3000});
var docker3 = new Docker({protocol:'http', host: '127.0.0.1', port: 3000});
var docker4 = new Docker({host: '127.0.0.1', port: 3000}); //defaults to http

//protocol http vs https is automatically detected
var docker5 = new Docker({
  host: '192.168.1.10',
  port: process.env.DOCKER_PORT || 2375,
  ca: fs.readFileSync('ca.pem'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('cert.pem'),
  key: fs.readFileSync('key.pem'),
  version: 'v1.25' // required when Docker >= v1.13, https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/version-history/
});

var docker6 = new Docker({
  protocol: 'https', //you can enforce a protocol
  host: '192.168.1.10',
  port: process.env.DOCKER_PORT || 2375,
  ca: fs.readFileSync('ca.pem'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('cert.pem'),
  key: fs.readFileSync('key.pem')
});

//using a different promise library (default is the native one)
var docker7 = new Docker({
  Promise: require('bluebird')
  //...
});
//...