docker-run

Start a docker image and attach to it

npm install docker-run

There is also a command line tool available

Usage

var run = require('docker-run')
 
var child = run('mafintosh/dev', {tty:true})
 
process.stdin.setRawMode(true)
process.stdin.pipe(child.stdin)
child.stdout.pipe(process.stdout)
child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr)

API

• child = run(image, [options])

Where options can be

{
  net: 'bridge',    // network mode (auto | host | bridge). defaults to bridge
  tty: true,        // be a tty. defaults to false
  fork: true,       // fork (do not attach stdio). defaults to false
  remove: true,     // remove the container on stop. defaults to true
  dns: ['8.8.8.8'], // set custom dns servers
  ports: {
    8080: 8081      // expose container 8080 to host 8081
  },
  volumes: {
    '/root': '/tmp', // expose container /root to host /tmp
    '/root': '/tmp2:ro' // expose container /root to host /tmp2 as read only
  },
  links: {
    'container-name': 'alias' // link container-name as alias
  },
  env: {
    FOO: 'bar'      // set env vars
  },
  entrypoint: '/bin/bash' // override entrypoint on container,
  beforeCreate: function (remoteOpts, instance) {} // remoteOpts is the generated docker remote JSON
}

• child.stdin, child.stderr, child.stdout

The stdio streams for the container. Is null if fork: true

• child.destroy()

Destroy the child container

• child.resize(wid, hei)

Resize the container pty (if tty: true)

Events

• child.on('exit', exitCode)

Emitted when the container exits

• child.on('spawn', containerId)

Emitted when the container is spawned

• child.on('error', error)

Emitted if the container experiences a fatal error

Command line usage

To install the command line tool do

npm install -g docker-run

And then run

docker-run --help

To view the help. In general to run an image do

docker-run [image]

License

MIT