github.com/minamijoyo/terraform@v0.7.8-0.20161029001309-18b3736ba44b/website/source/docs/providers/docker/index.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docker" 3 page_title: "Provider: Docker" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-docker-index" 5 description: |- 6 The Docker provider is used to interact with Docker containers and images. 7 --- 8 9 # Docker Provider 10 11 The Docker provider is used to interact with Docker containers and images. 12 It uses the Docker API to manage the lifecycle of Docker containers. Because 13 the Docker provider uses the Docker API, it is immediately compatible not 14 only with single server Docker but Swarm and any additional Docker-compatible 15 API hosts. 16 17 Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources. 18 19 <div class="alert alert-block alert-info"> 20 <strong>Note:</strong> The Docker provider is new as of Terraform 0.4. 21 It is ready to be used but many features are still being added. If there 22 is a Docker feature missing, please report it in the GitHub repo. 23 </div> 24 25 ## Example Usage 26 27 ``` 28 # Configure the Docker provider 29 provider "docker" { 30 host = "tcp://127.0.0.1:2376/" 31 } 32 33 # Create a container 34 resource "docker_container" "foo" { 35 image = "${docker_image.ubuntu.latest}" 36 name = "foo" 37 } 38 39 resource "docker_image" "ubuntu" { 40 name = "ubuntu:latest" 41 } 42 ``` 43 44 ## Registry Credentials 45 46 The initial (current) version of the Docker provider **doesn't** support registry authentication. 47 This limits any use cases to public images for now. 48 49 ## Argument Reference 50 51 The following arguments are supported: 52 53 * `host` - (Required) This is the address to the Docker host. If this is 54 blank, the `DOCKER_HOST` environment variable will also be read. 55 56 * `cert_path` - (Optional) Path to a directory with certificate information 57 for connecting to the Docker host via TLS. If this is blank, the 58 `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` will also be checked. 59 60 ~> **NOTE on Certificates and `docker-machine`:** As per [Docker Remote API 61 documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/api/docker_remote_api/), 62 in any docker-machine environment, the Docker daemon uses an encrypted TCP 63 socket (TLS) and requires `cert_path` for a successful connection. As an alternative, 64 if using `docker-machine`, run `eval $(docker-machine env <machine-name>)` prior 65 to running Terraform, and the host and certificate path will be extracted from 66 the environment.