Docker service reporter

This is a small python script that will discover all running docker containers and store information about them in etcd.

Why?

Having service details in shared storage such as etcd allows other processes to discover services, or automate configuration or administration tasks (such as configuring reverse proxies).

Usage

The container requires access to the docker API, so you need to volume mount the docker socket:

docker run -d --name service-reporter \
              --restart always \
              -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \ 
              csmith/service-reporter:latest \
              --arguments

The following command line arguments are available:

  --etcd-host (default: etcd) hostname where ectd is running
  --etcd-port (default: 2379) port to connect to ectd on
  --etcd-prefix (default: /docker) prefix to write keys to
  --name (default: docker) name of the host running docker

Schema

The script stores values relating to containers, labels, and networks in etcd:

/docker/containers/{name}/image = "ubuntu:xenial"
                         /labels/service = "foo"
                         /labels/org.example.some-label = "bar"
                         /net/addr/{network1} = "172.1.2.3"
                                  /{network2} = "172.0.2.3"
                             /ports/tcp/{container_port1} = {host_port} 
                                       /{container_port2} = 0 # Not exposed
                                   /udp/...

/docker/labels/{label_1}/{container_name_1} = "foo"
                        /{container_name_2} = "bar"
              /{label_2}/...

/docker/networks/{network1}/{container_name_1} = "172.1.2.3"
                           /{container_name_2} = "172.0.2.3"
                /{network2}/...

Current known issues

• The docker node is deleted when the script starts, so you can’t run multiple copies on multiple hosts
• The script updates once and exits, instead of listening for events
• There’s no way to get notified when the script has finished, rather than mid-update