Docker has a REST api called "Remote API" and the following steps will help to expose it in order to be used by a simple UI. The UI is a Beego app and the API is exposed through a reverse proxy.
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/remote-api.conf
# add the following lines:
Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H tcp://0.0.0.0:4243 -H unix:///var/run/docker.sockstackoverflow question: Enable Docker Remote API - raspberry pi / raspbian
# installation
sudo apt-get install nginx
# nginx restart (after modifying configuration file)
sudo nginx -s reloadFirst you have to open the nginx configuration file and then locate the part for the http configuration:
# open the file
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
# and then try to find the http part:
http {
...
}Inside http you have to put the following settings:
server {
listen 9090;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/;
}
location /rpi/ {
proxy_pass http://10.143.0.218:4243/;
}
}What this actually does:
- we have a server listening at port 9090
- common url requests are forwarded to the Beego app (location /)
- other requests with urls that contain
/rpi/are forwarded to the Docker Remote API (location /rpi/)
This is a Beego app, so you have to go to your "Go"/src directory, clone this git project and launch it:
# something like this...
cd ~/gowork/src
git clone https://github.com/tgogos/rpi_docker_ui.git
cd rpi_docker_ui
bee run watchall # this runs at port 8080