Manage docker containers with PHP

This package provides a nice way to start docker containers and execute commands on them.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)->start();

$process = $containerInstance->execute('whoami');

$process->getOutput(); // returns the name of the user inside the docker container

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Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require spatie/docker

Usage

You can get an instance of a docker container using

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)->start();

By default the container will be daemonized and it will be cleaned up after it exists.

Customizing the docker container

Prevent daemonization

If you don't want your docker being daemonized, call doNotDaemonize.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->doNotDaemonize()
    ->start();

Prevent automatic clean up

If you don't want your docker being cleaned up after it exists, call doNotCleanUpAfterExit.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->doNotCleanUpAfterExit()
    ->start();

Priviliged

If you want your docker being privileged, call privileged.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->privileged()
    ->start();

Naming the container

You can name the container by passing the name as the second argument to the constructor.

new DockerContainer($imageName, $nameOfContainer);

Alternatively, use the name method.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->name($yourName)
    ->start();

Mapping ports

You can map ports between the host machine and the docker container using the mapPort method. To map multiple ports, just call mapPort multiple times.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->mapPort($portOnHost, $portOnContainer)
    ->mapPort($anotherPortOnHost, $anotherPortOnContainer)
    ->start();

Environment variables

You can set environment variables using the setEnvironmentVariable method. To add multiple arguments, just call setEnvironmentVariable multiple times.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->setEnvironmentVariable($variableKey, $variableValue)
    ->setEnvironmentVariable($anotherVariableKey, $anotherVariableValue)
    ->start();

Setting Volumes

You can set volumes using the setVolume method. To add multiple arguments, just call setVolume multiple times.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->setVolume($pathOnHost, $pathOnDocker)
    ->setVolume($anotherPathOnHost, $anotherPathOnDocker)
    ->start();

Setting Labels

You can set labels using the setLabel method. To add multiple arguments, just call setLabel multiple times.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->setLabel($labelName, $labelValue)
    ->setLabel($anotherLabelName, $anotherLabelValue)
    ->start();

Add optional arguments

If you want to add optional arguments to the docker run command, use setOptionalArgs method:

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->setOptionalArgs('-it', '-a')
    ->start();

These arguments will be places after docker run immediately.

Automatically stopping the container after PHP exists

When using this package in a testing environment, it can be handy that the docker container is stopped after __destruct is called on it (mostly this will happen when the PHP script ends). You can enable this behaviour with the stopOnDestruct method.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->stopOnDestruct()
    ->start();

Specify a remote docker host for execution

You can set the host used for executing the container. The docker command line accepts a daemon socket string. To connect to a remote docker host via ssh, use the syntax ssh://username@hostname. Note that the proper SSH keys will already need to be configured for this work.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->remoteHost('ssh://username@hostname')
    ->start();

Specify an alternative command to execute

Upon startup of a container, docker will execute the command defined within the container. The command method gives the ability to override to default command to run within the container.

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)
    ->command('ls -l /etc')
    ->start();

Getting the start command string

You can get the string that will be executed when a container is started with the getStartCommand function

// returns "docker run -d --rm spatie/docker"
DockerContainer::create($imageName)->getStartCommand();

Available methods on the docker container instance

Executing a command

To execute a command on the container, use the execute method.

$process = $instance->execute($command);

You can execute multiple command in one go by passing an array.

$process = $instance->execute([$command, $anotherCommand]);

The execute method returns an instance of Symfony/Process.

You can check if your command ran successfully using the isSuccessful $method

$process->isSuccessful(); // returns a boolean

You can get to the output using getOutput(). If the command did not run successfully, you can use getErrorOutput(). For more information on how to work with a Process head over to the Symfony docs.

Installing a public key

If you cant to connect to your container instance via SSH, you probably want to add a public key to it.

This can be done using the addPublicKey method.

$instance->addPublicKey($pathToPublicKey);

It is assumed that the authorized_keys file is located in at /root/.ssh/authorized_keys. If this is not the case, you can specify the path of that file as a second parameter.

$instance->addPublicKey($pathToPublicKey, $pathToAuthorizedKeys);

Note that in order to be able to connect via SSH, you should set up a SSH server in your dockerfile. Take a look at the dockerfile in the tests of this package for an example.

Adding files to your instance

Files can be added to an instance with addFiles.

$instance->addFiles($fileOrDirectoryOnHost, $pathInContainer);

Get the docker inspect information

The json decoded array from the docker inspect command can be retrieved with inspect.

$inspectArray = $instance->inspect();
$inspectArray[0]['State']['Status']; // Running, Starting etc.
$inspectArray[0]['RestartCount']; // Integer
$inspectArray[0]['NetworkSettings']['IPAddress']; // 172.17.0.2

Adding other functions on the docker instance

The Spatie\Docker\ContainerInstance class is macroable. This means you can add extra functions to it.

Spatie\Docker\DockerContainerInstance::macro('whoAmI', function () {
    $process = $containerInstance->run('whoami');


    return $process->getOutput();
});

$containerInstance = DockerContainer::create($imageName)->start();

$containerInstance->whoAmI(); // returns of name of user in the docker container

Testing

Before running the tests for the first time, you must build the spatie/docker container with:

composer build-docker

Next, you can run the tests with:

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you've found a bug regarding security please mail [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Ruben Van Assche
• Freek Van der Herten
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.