From 49023a1c5f02e9f7aeaf810cf54f6cb20aa41320 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Arnaud Porterie (icecrime)" Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:31:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add experimental documentation for stacks Signed-off-by: Arnaud Porterie (icecrime) --- experimental/README.md | 2 +- experimental/docker-stacks.md | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 experimental/docker-stacks.md diff --git a/experimental/README.md b/experimental/README.md index 540769dbf3..67abbe1cdf 100644 --- a/experimental/README.md +++ b/experimental/README.md @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ to build a Docker binary with the experimental features enabled: * [External graphdriver plugins](plugins_graphdriver.md) * [Macvlan and Ipvlan Network Drivers](vlan-networks.md) - * The user namespaces feature has graduated from experimental. + * [Docker stacks](docker-stacks.md) ## How to comment on an experimental feature diff --git a/experimental/docker-stacks.md b/experimental/docker-stacks.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..31a02b6f54 --- /dev/null +++ b/experimental/docker-stacks.md @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +# Docker Stacks + +## Overview + +Docker Stacks are an experimental feature introduced in Docker 1.12, alongside +the new concepts of Swarms and Services inside the Engine. + +A Dockerfile can be built into an image, and containers can be created from that +image. Similarly, a docker-compose.yml can be built into a **bundle**, and +**stacks** can be created from that bundle. In that sense, the bundle is a +multi-services distributable image format. + +As of 1.12, the feature is introduced as experimental, and Docker Engine doesn't +support distribution of bundles. + +## Producing a bundle + +The easiest way to produce a bundle is to generate it using `docker-compose` +from an existing `docker-compose.yml`. Of course, that's just *one* possible way +to proceed, in the same way that `docker build` isn't the only way to produce a +Docker image. + +From `docker-compose`: + + ```bash + $ docker-compose bundle + WARNING: Unsupported key 'network_mode' in services.nsqd - ignoring + WARNING: Unsupported key 'links' in services.nsqd - ignoring + WARNING: Unsupported key 'volumes' in services.nsqd - ignoring + [...] + Wrote bundle to vossibility-stack.dsb + ``` + +## Creating a stack from a bundle + +A stack is created using the `docker deploy` command: + + ```bash + # docker deploy --help + + Usage: docker deploy [OPTIONS] STACK + + Create and update a stack + + Options: + -f, --bundle string Path to a bundle (Default: STACK.dsb) + --help Print usage + ``` + +Let's deploy the stack created before: + + ```bash + # docker deploy vossibility-stack + Loading bundle from vossibility-stack.dsb + Creating service vossibility-stack_elasticsearch + Creating service vossibility-stack_kibana + Creating service vossibility-stack_logstash + Creating service vossibility-stack_lookupd + Creating service vossibility-stack_nsqd + Creating service vossibility-stack_vossibility-collector + ``` + +We can verify that services were correctly created: + + ```bash + # docker service ls + ID NAME SCALE IMAGE + COMMAND + 29bv0vnlm903 vossibility-stack_lookupd 1 nsqio/nsq@sha256:eeba05599f31eba418e96e71e0984c3dc96963ceb66924dd37a47bf7ce18a662 /nsqlookupd + 4awt47624qwh vossibility-stack_nsqd 1 nsqio/nsq@sha256:eeba05599f31eba418e96e71e0984c3dc96963ceb66924dd37a47bf7ce18a662 /nsqd --data-path=/data --lookupd-tcp-address=lookupd:4160 + 4tjx9biia6fs vossibility-stack_elasticsearch 1 elasticsearch@sha256:12ac7c6af55d001f71800b83ba91a04f716e58d82e748fa6e5a7359eed2301aa + 7563uuzr9eys vossibility-stack_kibana 1 kibana@sha256:6995a2d25709a62694a937b8a529ff36da92ebee74bafd7bf00e6caf6db2eb03 + 9gc5m4met4he vossibility-stack_logstash 1 logstash@sha256:2dc8bddd1bb4a5a34e8ebaf73749f6413c101b2edef6617f2f7713926d2141fe logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf + axqh55ipl40h vossibility-stack_vossibility-collector 1 icecrime/vossibility-collector@sha256:f03f2977203ba6253988c18d04061c5ec7aab46bca9dfd89a9a1fa4500989fba --config /config/config.toml --debug + ``` + +## Managing stacks + +Tasks are managed using the `docker stack` command: + + ```bash + # docker stack --help + + Usage: docker stack COMMAND + + Manage Docker stacks + + Options: + --help Print usage + + Commands: + config Print the stack configuration + deploy Create and update a stack + rm Remove the stack + tasks List the tasks in the stack + + Run 'docker stack COMMAND --help' for more information on a command. + ```