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docker_container - manage docker containers

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • Manage the life cycle of docker containers.
  • Supports check mode. Run with –check and –diff to view config difference and list of actions to be taken.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6
  • docker-py >= 1.7.0
  • Docker API >= 1.20

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
api_version
Default:
default provided by docker-py
The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host. Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by docker-py.

aliases: docker_api_version
auto_remove
(added in 2.4)
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
enable auto-removal of the container on daemon side when the container's process exits
blkio_weight
Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000.
cacert_path
Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file.

aliases: tls_ca_cert
capabilities
List of capabilities to add to the container.
cert_path
Path to the client's TLS certificate file.

aliases: tls_client_cert
cleanup
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use with detach=false to remove the container after successful execution.
command
Command to execute when the container starts. A command may be either a string or a list. Prior to version 2.4, strings were split on commas.
cpu_period
Default:
no
Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period
cpu_quota
Default:
no
Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota
cpu_shares
CPU shares (relative weight).
cpuset_cpus
CPUs in which to allow execution 1,3 or 1-3.
cpuset_mems
Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution 0-3 or 0,1
detach
Enable detached mode to leave the container running in background. If disabled, the task will reflect the status of the container run (failed if the command failed).
devices
List of host device bindings to add to the container. Each binding is a mapping expressed in the format: <path_on_host>:<path_in_container>:<cgroup_permissions>
dns_search_domains
List of custom DNS search domains.
dns_servers
List of custom DNS servers.
docker_host
Default:
unix://var/run/docker.sock
The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote host, provide the TCP connection string. For example, 'tcp://192.0.2.23:2376'. If TLS is used to encrypt the connection, the module will automatically replace 'tcp' in the connection URL with 'https'.

aliases: docker_url
domainname
(added in 2.5)
Container domainname.
entrypoint
Command that overwrites the default ENTRYPOINT of the image.
env
Dictionary of key,value pairs.
env_file
(added in 2.2)
Path to a file containing environment variables FOO=BAR.
If variable also present in env, then env value will override.
Requires docker-py >= 1.4.0.
etc_hosts
Dict of host-to-IP mappings, where each host name is a key in the dictionary. Each host name will be added to the container's /etc/hosts file.
exposed_ports
List of additional container ports which informs Docker that the container listens on the specified network ports at runtime. If the port is already exposed using EXPOSE in a Dockerfile, it does not need to be exposed again.

aliases: exposed
force_kill
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use the kill command when stopping a running container.
groups
List of additional group names and/or IDs that the container process will run as.
hostname
Container hostname.
ignore_image
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
When state is present or started the module compares the configuration of an existing container to requested configuration. The evaluation includes the image version. If the image version in the registry does not match the container, the container will be recreated. Stop this behavior by setting ignore_image to True.
image
Repository path and tag used to create the container. If an image is not found or pull is true, the image will be pulled from the registry. If no tag is included, 'latest' will be used.
interactive
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Keep stdin open after a container is launched, even if not attached.
ipc_mode
Set the IPC mode for the container. Can be one of 'container:<name|id>' to reuse another container's IPC namespace or 'host' to use the host's IPC namespace within the container.
keep_volumes
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Retain volumes associated with a removed container.
kernel_memory
Default:
no
Kernel memory limit (format: <number>[<unit>]). Number is a positive integer. Unit can be one of b, k, m, or g. Minimum is 4M.
key_path
Path to the client's TLS key file.

aliases: tls_client_key
kill_signal
Override default signal used to kill a running container.
labels
Dictionary of key value pairs.
links
List of name aliases for linked containers in the format container_name:alias
log_driver
    Choices:
  • none
  • json-file
  • syslog
  • journald
  • gelf
  • fluentd
  • awslogs
  • splunk
Specify the logging driver. Docker uses json-file by default.
log_options
Dictionary of options specific to the chosen log_driver. See https://docs.docker.com/engine/admin/logging/overview/ for details.
mac_address
Container MAC address (e.g. 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)
memory
Default:
no
Memory limit (format: <number>[<unit>]). Number is a positive integer. Unit can be one of b, k, m, or g
memory_reservation
Default:
no
Memory soft limit (format: <number>[<unit>]). Number is a positive integer. Unit can be one of b, k, m, or g
memory_swap
Default:
no
Total memory limit (memory + swap, format:<number>[<unit>]). Number is a positive integer. Unit can be one of b, k, m, or g.
memory_swappiness
Default:
no
Tune a container's memory swappiness behavior. Accepts an integer between 0 and 100.
name
required
Assign a name to a new container or match an existing container.
When identifying an existing container name may be a name or a long or short container ID.
network_mode
    Choices:
  • bridge
  • container:<name|id>
  • host
  • none
Connect the container to a network.
networks
(added in 2.2)
List of networks the container belongs to.
Each network is a dict with keys name, ipv4_address, ipv6_address, links, aliases.
For each network name is required, all other keys are optional.
If included, links or aliases are lists.
For examples of the data structure and usage see EXAMPLES below.
To remove a container from one or more networks, use the purge_networks option.
oom_killer
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether or not to disable OOM Killer for the container.
oom_score_adj
(added in 2.2)
Default:
no
An integer value containing the score given to the container in order to tune OOM killer preferences.
paused
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use with the started state to pause running processes inside the container.
pid_mode
Set the PID namespace mode for the container. Currently only supports 'host'.
privileged
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Give extended privileges to the container.
published_ports
List of ports to publish from the container to the host.
Use docker CLI syntax: 8000, 9000:8000, or 0.0.0.0:9000:8000, where 8000 is a container port, 9000 is a host port, and 0.0.0.0 is a host interface.
Container ports must be exposed either in the Dockerfile or via the expose option.
A value of all will publish all exposed container ports to random host ports, ignoring any other mappings.
If networks parameter is provided, will inspect each network to see if there exists a bridge network with optional parameter com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4. If such a network is found, then published ports where no host IP address is specified will be bound to the host IP pointed to by com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4. Note that the first bridge network with a com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4 value encountered in the list of networks is the one that will be used.

aliases: ports
pull
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If true, always pull the latest version of an image. Otherwise, will only pull an image when missing.
purge_networks
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Remove the container from ALL networks not included in networks parameter.
Any default networks such as bridge, if not found in networks, will be removed as well.
read_only
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Mount the container's root file system as read-only.
recreate
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use with present and started states to force the re-creation of an existing container.
restart
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use with started state to force a matching container to be stopped and restarted.
restart_policy
    Choices:
  • always
  • no
  • on-failure ←
  • unless-stopped
Container restart policy. Place quotes around no option.
restart_retries
Default:
no
Use with restart policy to control maximum number of restart attempts.
security_opts
List of security options in the form of "label:user:User"
shm_size
Size of `/dev/shm`. The format is `<number><unit>`. `number` must be greater than `0`. Unit is optional and can be `b` (bytes), `k` (kilobytes), `m` (megabytes), or `g` (gigabytes).
Omitting the unit defaults to bytes. If you omit the size entirely, the system uses `64m`.
ssl_version
Default:
1.0
Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by docker-py, currently 1.0.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present
  • stopped
  • started ←
absent - A container matching the specified name will be stopped and removed. Use force_kill to kill the container rather than stopping it. Use keep_volumes to retain volumes associated with the removed container.
present - Asserts the existence of a container matching the name and any provided configuration parameters. If no container matches the name, a container will be created. If a container matches the name but the provided configuration does not match, the container will be updated, if it can be. If it cannot be updated, it will be removed and re-created with the requested config. Image version will be taken into account when comparing configuration. To ignore image version use the ignore_image option. Use the recreate option to force the re-creation of the matching container. Use force_kill to kill the container rather than stopping it. Use keep_volumes to retain volumes associated with a removed container.
started - Asserts there is a running container matching the name and any provided configuration. If no container matches the name, a container will be created and started. If a container matching the name is found but the configuration does not match, the container will be updated, if it can be. If it cannot be updated, it will be removed and a new container will be created with the requested configuration and started. Image version will be taken into account when comparing configuration. To ignore image version use the ignore_image option. Use recreate to always re-create a matching container, even if it is running. Use restart to force a matching container to be stopped and restarted. Use force_kill to kill a container rather than stopping it. Use keep_volumes to retain volumes associated with a removed container.
stopped - Asserts that the container is first present, and then if the container is running moves it to a stopped state. Use force_kill to kill a container rather than stopping it.
stop_signal
Override default signal used to stop the container.
stop_timeout
Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop before sending SIGKILL.
sysctls
(added in 2.4)
Dictionary of key,value pairs.
timeout
Default:
60
The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API.
tls
Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server.
tls_hostname
Default:
localhost
When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected name of the server.
tls_verify
Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server.
tmpfs
(added in 2.4)
Mount a tmpfs directory
trust_image_content
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If yes, skip image verification.
tty
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Allocate a pseudo-TTY.
ulimits
List of ulimit options. A ulimit is specified as nofile:262144:262144
user
Sets the username or UID used and optionally the groupname or GID for the specified command.
Can be [ user | user:group | uid | uid:gid | user:gid | uid:group ]
userns_mode
(added in 2.5)
User namespace to use
uts
Set the UTS namespace mode for the container.
volume_driver
The container volume driver.
volumes
List of volumes to mount within the container.
Use docker CLI-style syntax: /host:/container[:mode]
You can specify a read mode for the mount with either ro or rw.
SELinux hosts can additionally use z or Z to use a shared or private label for the volume.
volumes_from
List of container names or Ids to get volumes from.
working_dir
(added in 2.4)
Path to the working directory.

Notes

Note

  • Connect to the Docker daemon by providing parameters with each task or by defining environment variables. You can define DOCKER_HOST, DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME, DOCKER_API_VERSION, DOCKER_CERT_PATH, DOCKER_SSL_VERSION, DOCKER_TLS, DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY and DOCKER_TIMEOUT. If you are using docker machine, run the script shipped with the product that sets up the environment. It will set these variables for you. See https://docker-py.readthedocs.org/en/stable/machine/ for more details.

Examples

- name: Create a data container
  docker_container:
    name: mydata
    image: busybox
    volumes:
      - /data

- name: Re-create a redis container
  docker_container:
    name: myredis
    image: redis
    command: redis-server --appendonly yes
    state: present
    recreate: yes
    exposed_ports:
      - 6379
    volumes_from:
      - mydata

- name: Restart a container
  docker_container:
    name: myapplication
    image: someuser/appimage
    state: started
    restart: yes
    links:
     - "myredis:aliasedredis"
    devices:
     - "/dev/sda:/dev/xvda:rwm"
    ports:
     - "8080:9000"
     - "127.0.0.1:8081:9001/udp"
    env:
        SECRET_KEY: ssssh

- name: Container present
  docker_container:
    name: mycontainer
    state: present
    image: ubuntu:14.04
    command: sleep infinity

- name: Stop a container
  docker_container:
    name: mycontainer
    state: stopped

- name: Start 4 load-balanced containers
  docker_container:
    name: "container{{ item }}"
    recreate: yes
    image: someuser/anotherappimage
    command: sleep 1d
  with_sequence: count=4

- name: remove container
  docker_container:
    name: ohno
    state: absent

- name: Syslogging output
  docker_container:
    name: myservice
    image: busybox
    log_driver: syslog
    log_options:
      syslog-address: tcp://my-syslog-server:514
      syslog-facility: daemon
      # NOTE: in Docker 1.13+ the "syslog-tag" option was renamed to "tag" for
      # older docker installs, use "syslog-tag" instead
      tag: myservice

- name: Create db container and connect to network
  docker_container:
    name: db_test
    image: "postgres:latest"
    networks:
      - name: "{{ docker_network_name }}"

- name: Start container, connect to network and link
  docker_container:
    name: sleeper
    image: ubuntu:14.04
    networks:
      - name: TestingNet
        ipv4_address: "172.1.1.100"
        aliases:
          - sleepyzz
        links:
          - db_test:db
      - name: TestingNet2

- name: Start a container with a command
  docker_container:
    name: sleepy
    image: ubuntu:14.04
    command: ["sleep", "infinity"]

- name: Add container to networks
  docker_container:
    name: sleepy
    networks:
      - name: TestingNet
        ipv4_address: 172.1.1.18
        links:
          - sleeper
      - name: TestingNet2
        ipv4_address: 172.1.10.20

- name: Update network with aliases
  docker_container:
    name: sleepy
    networks:
      - name: TestingNet
        aliases:
          - sleepyz
          - zzzz

- name: Remove container from one network
  docker_container:
    name: sleepy
    networks:
      - name: TestingNet2
    purge_networks: yes

- name: Remove container from all networks
  docker_container:
    name: sleepy
    purge_networks: yes

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key
Returned
Description
docker_container
dict
always
Before 2.3 this was 'ansible_docker_container' but was renamed due to conflicts with the connection plugin.
Facts representing the current state of the container. Matches the docker inspection output.
Note that facts are not part of registered vars but accessible directly.
Empty if state is absent
If detached is False, will include Output attribute containing any output from container run.

Sample:
{ "AppArmorProfile": "", "Args": [], "Config": { "AttachStderr": false, "AttachStdin": false, "AttachStdout": false, "Cmd": [ "/usr/bin/supervisord" ], "Domainname": "", "Entrypoint": null, "Env": [ "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" ], "ExposedPorts": { "443/tcp": {}, "80/tcp": {} }, "Hostname": "8e47bf643eb9", "Image": "lnmp_nginx:v1", "Labels": {}, "OnBuild": null, "OpenStdin": false, "StdinOnce": false, "Tty": false, "User": "", "Volumes": { "/tmp/lnmp/nginx-sites/logs/": {} }, ... }


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Cove Schneider (@cove)
  • Joshua Conner (@joshuaconner)
  • Pavel Antonov (@softzilla)
  • Thomas Steinbach (@ThomasSteinbach)
  • Philippe Jandot (@zfil)
  • Daan Oosterveld (@dusdanig)
  • James Tanner (@jctanner)
  • Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
  • Kassian Sun (@kassiansun)

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