Docker

Category: Cloud Status: base

Connects to a Docker daemon on a remote host (via SSH) to manage containers, images, and volumes.

Connection Settings

Field	Default	Description
host	localhost	Remote Docker host
port	22	SSH port (default protocol is SSH)
user	(empty)	SSH username
password	(empty)	SSH password
rsa_key_name	(empty)	RSA key file name for SSH auth
protocol	ssh	Connection protocol (ssh or unix)

Authentication

SSH-based: username + password or RSA key. For local Docker, set protocol to unix and url to unix://var/run/docker.sock.

Supported Actions

• manage_container — start, stop, restart containers
• delete — remove containers or images
• save_current_state_as_image — commit container state to an image
• execute — run commands inside containers

Required Setup

Requires the docker Python package:

pip install docker

External Links

• https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/