dockerode-process

ChildProcess like interface for docker containers.

API

Class

Root module exported from require('docker-process').

var DockerProcess = require('docker');
var dockerProc = new DockerProcess(
  // dockerode-promise instance
  docker,
  {
    // http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/api/docker_remote_api_v1.8/#create-a-container
    create: {},

    // http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/api/docker_remote_api_v1.8/#start-a-container
    start: {}
  }
);

event: exit

Emitted when docker container stops

event: close

Identical to exit

dockerProc.stdout

Readable stream for stdout.

dockerProc.stderr

Readable stream for stderr.

dockerProc.id

Container id populated during run.

dockerProc.exitCode

Exit code populated after run.

dockerProc.run()

Create then start the container and return a promise for its exit status.

dockerProc.run().then(
  function(code) {
  }
)

dockerProc.remove()

Remove the docker container.

Example Usage

var DockerProcess = require('docker-process');
var dockerProc = new DockerProcess(
  // dockerode-promise instance
  docker,
  {
    // http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/api/docker_remote_api_v1.8/#create-a-container
    create: {
      Image: 'ubuntu',
      Cmd: ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'echo "xfoo"']
    },

    // http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/api/docker_remote_api_v1.8/#start-a-container
    start: {}
  }
);

dockerProc.run();
dockerProc.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
dockerProc.once('exit', function(code) {
  process.exit(code);  
})