Machine makes it really easy to create Docker hosts on local hypervisors and cloud providers. It creates servers, installs Docker on them, then configures the Docker client to talk to them.
It works a bit like this:
$ docker-machine create -d virtualbox dev
[info] Downloading boot2docker...
[info] Creating SSH key...
[info] Creating VirtualBox VM...
[info] Starting VirtualBox VM...
[info] Waiting for VM to start...
[info] "dev" has been created and is now the active host. Docker commands will now run against that host.
$ docker-machine ls
NAME ACTIVE DRIVER STATE URL
dev * virtualbox Running tcp://192.168.99.100:2375
$ docker $(docker-machine config dev) run busybox echo hello world
Unable to find image 'busybox' locally
Pulling repository busybox
e72ac664f4f0: Download complete
511136ea3c5a: Download complete
df7546f9f060: Download complete
e433a6c5b276: Download complete
hello world
$ docker-machine create -d digitalocean --digitalocean-access-token=... staging
[info] Creating SSH key...
[info] Creating Digital Ocean droplet...
[info] Waiting for SSH...
[info] "staging" has been created and is now the active host. Docker commands will now run against that host.
$ docker-machine ls
NAME ACTIVE DRIVER STATE URL
dev virtualbox Running tcp://192.168.99.108:2376
staging * digitalocean Running tcp://104.236.37.134:2376
Machine creates Docker hosts that are secure by default. The connection between the client and daemon is encrypted and authenticated using TLS security. To get the Docker arguments for a machine use the command: docker-machine config <machine-name>
i.e. docker-machine config dev
.
You can also get the commands to export environment variables to use with the Docker CLI: docker-machine env <machine-name>
i.e. docker-machine env dev
to show or $(docker-machine env dev)
to load in your environment.
## Try it out
Machine is still in its early stages. If you'd like to try out a preview build, download it here.
Creates machines locally on VirtualBox. Requires VirtualBox to be installed.
Options:
--virtualbox-boot2docker-url
: The URL of the boot2docker image. Defaults to the latest available version.--virtualbox-disk-size
: Size of disk for the host in MB. Default:20000
--virtualbox-memory
: Size of memory for the host in MB. Default:1024
### Digital Ocean
Creates machines on Digital Ocean. You need to create a personal access token under "Apps & API" in the Digital Ocean Control Panel and pass that to docker-machine create
with the --digitalocean-access-token
option.
Options:
--digitalocean-access-token
: Your personal access token for the Digital Ocean API.--digitalocean-image
: The name of the Digital Ocean image to use. Default:docker
--digitalocean-region
: The region to create the droplet in. Default:nyc3
--digitalocean-size
: The size of the Digital Ocean driver. Default:512mb
Create machines on Microsoft Azure.
You need to create a subscription with a cert. Run these commands:
$ openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout mycert.pem -out mycert.pem
$ openssl pkcs12 -export -out mycert.pfx -in mycert.pem -name "My Certificate"
$ openssl x509 -inform pem -in mycert.pem -outform der -out mycert.cer
Go to the Azure portal, go to the "Settings" page, then "Manage Certificates" and upload mycert.cer
.
Grab your subscription ID from the portal, then run docker-machine create
with these details:
$ docker-machine create -d azure --azure-subscription-id="SUB_ID" --azure-subscription-cert="mycert.pem"
Options:
--azure-subscription-id
: required Your Azure subscription ID.--azure-subscription-cert
: required Your Azure subscription cert.--azure-docker-port
: Azure Docker port. Default '2376'--azure-image
: Azure image name. Default is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x64 [$AZURE_IMAGE]--azure-location
: Azure location. Default is 'West US' [$AZURE_LOCATION]--azure-name
: Azure cloud service name--azure-password
: Azure user password--azure-publish-settings-file
: Azure publish settings file [$AZURE_PUBLISH_SETTINGS_FILE]--azure-size
: Azure size. Default 'Small' [$AZURE_SIZE]--azure-ssh-port
: Azure SSH port. Default '22'--azure-username
: Azure username. Default 'ubuntu'
Note: the machine name will be used as DNS name for the Cloud Service (e.g. machinename.cloudapp.net) and needs to be unique within Azure.
Create machines on Amazon Web Services. You will need an Access Key ID, Secret Access Key and a VPC ID. To find the VPC ID, login to the AWS console and go to Services -> VPC -> Your VPCs. Select the one where you would like to launch the instance.
Options:
--amazonec2-access-key
: required Your access key id for the Amazon Web Services API.--amazonec2-ami
: The AMI ID of the instance to use Default:ami-4ae27e22
--amazonec2-instance-type
: The instance type to run. Default:t2.micro
--amazonec2-region
: The region to use when launching the instance. Default:us-east-1
--amazonec2-root-size
: The root disk size of the instance (in GB). Default:16
--amazonec2-secret-key
: required Your secret access key for the Amazon Web Services API.--amazonec2-security-group-name
: AWS VPC security group name. Default:docker-machine
--amazonec2-session-token
: Your session token for the Amazon Web Services API.--amazonec2-subnet-id
: AWS VPC subnet id--amazonec2-vpc-id
: required Your VPC ID to launch the instance in.--amazonec2-zone
: The AWS zone launch the instance in (i.e. one of a,b,c,d,e). Default:a
Create machines on Google Compute Engine. You will need a Google account and project name. See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/projects for details on projects.
The Google driver uses oAuth. When creating the machine, you will have your browser opened to authorize. Once authorized, paste the code given in the prompt to launch the instance.
Options:
--google-zone
: The zone to launch the instance. Default:us-central1-a
--google-machine-type
: The type of instance. Default:f1-micro
--google-username
: The username to use for the instance. Default:docker-user
--google-instance-name
: The name of the instance. Default:docker-machine
--google-project
: The name of your project to use when launching the instance.
Creates machines locally on VMware Fusion. Requires VMware Fusion to be installed.
Options:
--vmwarefusion-boot2docker-url
: URL for boot2docker image.--vmwarefusion-disk-size
: Size of disk for host VM (in MB). Default:20000
--vmwarefusion-memory-size
: Size of memory for host VM (in MB). Default:1024
Creates machines on vCloud Air subscription service. You need an account within an existing subscription of vCloud Air VPC or Dedicated Cloud.
Options:
--vmwarevcloudair-username
: vCloud Air Username.--vmwarevcloudair-password
: vCloud Air Password.--vmwarevcloudair-catalog
: Catalog. Default:Public Catalog
--vmwarevcloudair-catalogitem
: Catalog Item. Default:Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS (amd64 20140927)
--vmwarevcloudair-computeid
: Compute ID (if using Dedicated Cloud).--vmwarevcloudair-cpu-count
: VM Cpu Count. Default:1
--vmwarevcloudair-docker-port
: Docker port. Default:2376
--vmwarevcloudair-edgegateway
: Organization Edge Gateway. Default:<vdcid>
--vmwarevcloudair-memory-size
: VM Memory Size in MB. Default:2048
--vmwarevcloudair-name
: vApp Name. Default:<autogenerated>
--vmwarevcloudair-orgvdcnetwork
: Organization VDC Network to attach. Default:<vdcid>-default-routed
--vmwarevcloudair-provision
: Install Docker binaries. Default:true
--vmwarevcloudair-publicip
: Org Public IP to use.--vmwarevcloudair-ssh-port
: SSH port. Default:22
--vmwarevcloudair-vdcid
: Virtual Data Center ID.
Creates machines on a VMware vSphere Virtual Infrastructure. Requires a working vSphere (ESXi and optionally vCenter) installation. The vSphere driver depends on govc
(must be in path) and has been tested with vmware/govmomi@c848630
.
Options:
--vmwarevsphere-username
: vSphere Username.--vmwarevsphere-password
: vSphere Password.--vmwarevsphere-boot2docker-url
: URL for boot2docker image.--vmwarevsphere-compute-ip
: Compute host IP where the Docker VM will be instantiated.--vmwarevsphere-cpu-count
: CPU number for Docker VM. Default:2
--vmwarevsphere-datacenter
: Datacenter for Docker VM (must be set toha-datacenter
when connecting to a single host).--vmwarevsphere-datastore
: Datastore for Docker VM.--vmwarevsphere-disk-size
: Size of disk for Docker VM (in MB). Default:20000
--vmwarevsphere-memory-size
: Size of memory for Docker VM (in MB). Default:2048
--vmwarevsphere-network
: Network where the Docker VM will be attached.--vmwarevsphere-pool
: Resource pool for Docker VM.--vmwarevsphere-vcenter
: IP/hostname for vCenter (or ESXi if connecting directly to a single host).
Create machines on Openstack
Mandatory:
--openstack-flavor-id
: The flavor ID to use when creating the machine--openstack-image-id
: The image ID to use when creating the machine.
Options:
--openstack-auth-url
: Keystone service base URL.--openstack-username
: User identifer to authenticate with.--openstack-password
: User password. It can be omitted if the standard environment variableOS_PASSWORD
is set.--openstack-tenant-name
or--openstack-tenant-id
: Identify the tenant in which the machine will be created.--openstack-region
: The region to work on. Can be omitted if there is ony one region on the OpenStack.--openstack-endpoint-type
: Endpoint type can beinternalURL
,adminURL
orpublicURL
. It is a helper for the driver to choose the right URL in the OpenStack service catalog. If not provided the default ispublicURL
.--openstack-net-id
: The private network id the machine will be connected on. If your OpenStack project contains only one private network it will be use automatically.--openstack-sec-groups
: If security groups are available on your OpenStack you can specify a comma separated list to use for the machine (e.g.secgrp001,secgrp002
).--openstack-floatingip-pool
: The IP pool that will be used to get a public IP and assign it to the machine. If there is an IP address already allocated but not assigned to any machine, this IP will be chosen and assigned to the machine. If there is no IP address already allocated a new IP will be allocated and assigned to the machine.--openstack-ssh-user
: The username to use for SSH into the machine. If not providedroot
will be used.--openstack-ssh-port
: Customize the SSH port if the SSH server on the machine does not listen on the default port.--openstack-docker-install
: Boolean flag to indicate if docker has to be installed on the machine. Useful when docker is already installed and configured in the OpenStack image. Default set totrue
Environment variables:
Here comes the list of the supported variables with the corresponding options. If both environment variable and CLI option are provided the CLI option takes the precedence.
Environment variable | CLI option |
---|---|
OS_AUTH_URL |
--openstack-auth-url |
OS_USERNAME |
--openstack-username |
OS_PASSWORD |
--openstack-password |
OS_TENANT_NAME |
--openstack-tenant-name |
OS_TENANT_ID |
--openstack-tenant-id |
OS_REGION_NAME |
--openstack-region |
OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE |
--openstack-endpoint-type |
Create machines on Rackspace cloud
Options:
--rackspace-username
: Rackspace account username--rackspace-api-key
: Rackspace API key--rackspace-region
: Rackspace region name--rackspace-endpoint-type
: Rackspace endpoint type (adminURL, internalURL or the default publicURL)--rackspace-image-id
: Rackspace image ID. Default: Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) (PVHVM)--rackspace-flavor-id
: Rackspace flavor ID. Default: General Purpose 1GB--rackspace-ssh-user
: SSH user for the newly booted machine. Set to root by default--rackspace-ssh-port
: SSH port for the newly booted machine. Set to 22 by default
Environment variables:
Here comes the list of the supported variables with the corresponding options. If both environment variable and CLI option are provided the CLI option takes the precedence.
Environment variable | CLI option |
---|---|
OS_USERNAME |
--rackspace-username |
OS_API_KEY |
--rackspace-ap-key |
OS_REGION_NAME |
--rackspace-region |
OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE |
--rackspace-endpoint-type |
Create machines on Softlayer.
You need to generate an API key in the softlayer control panel. Retrieve your API key
Options:
--softlayer-api-endpoint=
: Change softlayer API endpoint--softlayer-user
: required username for your softlayer account, api key needs to match this user.--softlayer-api-key
: required API key for your user account--softlayer-cpu
: Number of CPU's for the machine.--softlayer-disk-size: Size of the disk in MB.
0` sets the softlayer default.--softlayer-domain
: required domain name for the machine--softlayer-hostname
: hostname for the machine--softlayer-hourly-billing
: Sets the hourly billing flag (default), otherwise uses monthly billing--softlayer-image
: OS Image to use--softlayer-install-script
: custom install script to use for installing Docker, other setup actions--softlayer-local-disk
: Use local machine disk instead of softlayer SAN.--softlayer-memory
: Memory for host in MB--softlayer-private-net-only
: Disable public networking--softlayer-region
: softlayer region
Want to hack on Machine? Docker's contributions guidelines apply.
The requirements to build Machine are:
- A running instance of Docker
- The
bash
shell
To build, run:
$ script/build
From the Machine repository's root. Machine will run the build inside of a Docker container and the compiled binaries will appear in the project directory on the host.
By default, Machine will run a build which cross-compiles binaries for a variety of architectures and operating systems. If you know that you are only compiling for a particular architecture and/or operating system, you can speed up compilation by overriding the default argument that the build script passes to gox. This is very useful if you want to iterate quickly on a new feature, bug fix, etc.
For instance, if you only want to compile for use on OSX with the x86_64 arch, run:
$ script/build -osarch="darwin/amd64"
If you have any questions we're in #docker-machine on Freenode.
There is a suite of integration tests that will run for the drivers. In order to use these you must export the corresponding environment variables for each driver as these perform the actual actions (start, stop, restart, kill, etc).
By default, the suite will run tests against all drivers in master. You can
override this by setting the environment variable MACHINE_TESTS
. For example,
MACHINE_TESTS="virtualbox" ./script/run-integration-tests
will only run the
virtualbox driver integration tests.
To run, use the helper script ./script/run-integration-tests
.