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How to automate a docker server using python

I'm a newbie in docker and planning to automate a docker server using python. Hence I need to know how to check whether the docker is up or not, the container is up or not, server disk space utilization and so on. I need some hints to proceed.

Solution

  • you can use:

    import docker
client = docker.from_env()  # to connect using the default socket or the configuration in your environment

client.containers.list()

    output:

    [<Container: ab0744e975>, <Container: 0acce75faa>]

    the above output is just an example from my pc that shows that docker is running and there are 2 containers

    or you can use

    client.info()

    from the docs:

    Display system-wide information. Identical to the docker info command.

    Returns: The info as a dict Return type: (dict)

    Raises: docker.errors.APIError – If the server returns an error.

    to check if the system is responsive you can use

    client.ping()