How to manage multiple docker containers

Question

I wanted to install multiple independent Wordpress instances on a single server. I’m planning on doing this using multiple docker containers. I can do this following the tutorials.

My question is related to the management: after a while it gets messy to see how many contains are running, which Wordpress instance is up or not, … Is there any way to get a proper (web alike) overview where you could get a ‘management’ overview of what’s going on?

Andrew SB · Answer

There are a number of web interfaces for Docker out there like Rancher.io and Shipyard Another approach would be to use the native process manager for your host OS . On Ubuntu 14.04, that would be Upstart while on CoreOS it is systemd. This will allow you to start, stop, and check the status of your containers using the native service command As an example, I created a WordPress container using the tutum/wordpress image and named it “example.com ” docker run -p 80:80 --name "example.com" tutum/wordpress A simple Upstart script to manage a Docker container would look like: description "Wordpress - example.com" author "Doker Guru" start on filesystem and started docker stop on runlevel [!2345] respawn exec /usr/bin/docker start -a example.com pre-stop exec /usr/bin/docker stop -a example.com and install it to /etc/init/example.conf The container will now start on boot, respawn if it dies, and you can use commands like: $ sudo service example status example stop/waiting $ sudo service example start example start/running, process 2900 $ sudo service example stop example stop/waiting Once you have multiple containers running multiple services running, this can make your life much easier.

wauterw · Answer

Thanks for the useful answer. Would you then for each container use a different port number for the external world, like: docker run -p 8001:80 --name “example1.com ” tutum/wordpress docker run -p 8002:80 --name “example2.com ” tutum/wordpress so that my webpages are accessible through: http://www.example1.com:8001 http://www.example2.com:8002 Or can it also work as follows docker run -p 80:80 --name “example1.com ” tutum/wordpress docker run -p 80:80 --name “example2.com ” tutum/wordpress

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