docker/docker-py
Docker Py
docker-py is a Python library and SDK that serves as a programmatic client for the Docker Engine API. It provides a programmatic interface for controlling containers, images, and clusters, allowing for the automation of containerized applications and engine resources.
The library enables remote Docker administration through various transport methods, including Unix domain sockets, TCP ports, and encrypted SSH tunnels. It handles real-time data links by using WebSockets to stream input and output from active containers.
The project covers container lifecycle control, image management for building and distributing images to registries, and cluster orchestration for coordinating services across distributed nodes. It also includes capabilities for real-time container monitoring and log streaming.
Features
- Docker Socket Orchestrators - Interacts with the Docker daemon socket to programmatically manage container lifecycles via Python.
- Docker Engine API Clients - Provides a comprehensive Python SDK for programmatically controlling the Docker Engine API.
- Docker Engine - Serves as the primary Python SDK for programmatically controlling Docker containers, images, and clusters.
- REST API Clients - Functions as a REST API client that maps Python method calls to HTTP requests against the Docker Engine API.
- Cloud Resource API Management - Provides a programmatic interface for automating the management of Docker engine resources and infrastructure operations.
- Container Image Management - Provides full programmatic capabilities for pulling, pushing, building, and deleting container images.
- Container Management Interfaces - Provides a programmatic interface for controlling the lifecycle of containerized resources and infrastructure.
- Container Lifecycle Administration - Programmatically manages the full container lifecycle, including creation, execution, and removal.
- Docker Engine Automations - Automates infrastructure operations by controlling Docker engine resources and configurations.
- Docker Swarm Orchestration - Implements programmatic control and coordination of multi-node Docker Swarm clusters and services.
- Real-Time Output Streaming - Streams real-time standard output and input from running containers using long-lived TCP connections.
- WebSocket Piping - Implements bidirectional data streaming between the client and containers using WebSockets for real-time I/O.
- Cluster Node Management - Coordinates the lifecycle and membership of nodes within a Docker Swarm cluster.
- Container Monitoring - Enables real-time retrieval and monitoring of container logs and health status through the API.
- Remote Administration - Manages multiple remote Docker hosts from a centralized Python interface using SSH or API connections.
- TCP and Unix Socket Listeners - Communicates with the Docker engine via both Unix domain sockets and TCP ports.
- SSH Tunneling - Establishes secure, encrypted network tunnels to remote Docker engines for system administration.
- Real-Time Monitoring Systems - Monitors running containers by streaming real-time logs and output to track application behavior.
- DevOps and Infrastructure - Python library for Docker Engine API.
- Infrastructure and Automation - Programmatic control of the Docker Engine API.
- Infrastructure and Deployment - Python library for the container engine API.
- Infrastrukturmanagement - Python-Bibliothek zur Interaktion mit der Container-Engine-API.
- API Clients - Python client for the Docker API.
