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Docker Instance Manage Docker Host

· One min read
François Bayart

By sharing /var/run/docker.sock we can easily control our Docker host from an instance, it can be helpful to deploy some test.

Run Ubuntu LTS Bionic (17.10) with volume /var/run/docker.sock:

docker run -it --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock ubuntu:17.10

Install requiered dependencies, add GPG key and install Docker Community Edition (all this commands come from docs.docker.com)

apt update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | apt-key add -
add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) edge"
apt update && apt install -y docker-ce

Simple test to verify the configuration docker ps

You should see your Docker host instances.