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:
$ 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.
$ machine ls
NAME ACTIVE DRIVER STATE URL
dev * virtualbox Running tcp://192.168.99.100:2375
$ export DOCKER_HOST=`machine url` DOCKER_AUTH=identity
$ docker 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
$ 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.
$ 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 new identity-based authentication. If you'd like to learn more about this, it is being worked on in a pull request on Docker.
## Try it out
Machine is still in its early stages. If you'd like to try out a preview build, download it here.
You will also need a version of Docker with identity authentication. Builds are available here:
- Mac OS X: https://bfirsh.s3.amazonaws.com/docker/darwin/docker-1.3.1-dev-identity-auth
- Linux: https://bfirsh.s3.amazonaws.com/docker/linux/docker-1.3.1-dev-identity-auth
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 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 machine create with these details:
$ machine create -d azure --azure-subscription-id="SUB_ID" --azure-subscription-cert="mycert.pem"
Options:
--azure-subscription-id: Your Azure subscription ID.--azure-subscription-cert: Your Azure subscription cert.
Create machines on Amazon Web Services. You will need an Access Key ID, Secret Access Key and Subnet ID. To find the Subnet ID, login to the AWS console and go to Services -> VPC -> Subnets. Select the one where you would like to launch the instance.
Options:
--amazonec2-access-key: Your access key id for the Amazon Web Services API.--amazonec2-ami: The AMI ID of the instance to use Default:ami-a00461c8--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: Your secret access key for the Amazon Web Services API.--amazonec2-subnet-id: Your VPC subnet ID to launch the instance in.
Want to hack on Machine? Docker's contributions guidelines apply.
To build, run:
$ script/build
That will create binaries for various platforms in the current directory.
If you have any questions we're in #docker-machine on Freenode.
Ben Firshman
