lifailon/docker-web-manager repository overview

⁠Docker Web Manager

Switch between hosts to remotely manage Docker containers in your browser.

This project was made possible by combining the capabilities of popular utilities. Realizing that this is mostly a hack, I don't see the point in isolating it into a separate repository, the source code for launching and building the image is available in the repository⁠ with notes.

Here is a demo - https://github.com/Lifailon/PS-Commands/blob/rsa/Docker-Compose/docker-web/docker-web-manager/README.md⁠

⁠How does it work?

The fzf⁠ interface is used to select and filter the host list, remote machines are accessed via Docker socket forwarding via the ssh protocol, containers and other Docker entities are managed using the lazydocker⁠ or ctop⁠ interfaces. All this runs in the browser, thanks to ttyd⁠, with support for basic authorization (it is also possible to configure SSL or authorization via a Proxy server to secure the connection). The final image includes the docker-cli client, to be able to connect to the terminal of the selected container via the exec method.

⁠How is this better than other solutions?

• Quick start, without the need for complex settings.
• Ability to use any familiar terminal interface for management (you can add the build process or installation of any tool to the Dockerfile yourself).
• Centralized access to remote hosts, without the need to install agents (client part) or configure a socket (publish Docker API).

⁠Start

To start the container, create a docker-compose.yaml file and use the image from Docker Hub⁠:

services:
docker-web-manager:
image: lifailon/docker-web-manager:latest
container_name: docker-web-manager
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
- $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa:/root/.ssh/id_rsa
env_file:
- .env
ports:
- "${WEB_PORT:-3333}:${WEB_PORT:-3333}"

Create a .env file and update the parameters to connect to remote hosts with Docker installed:

WEB_PORT=3333
WEB_USERNAME=
WEB_PASSWORD=

SSH_HOSTS=localhost,192.168.3.105,192.168.3.106
SSH_USER=lifailon
SSH_PORT=2121

DOCKER_CLIENT=lazydocker
# DOCKER_CLIENT=ctop

⁠Alternatives

isaiah⁠ - independent and self-developed clone of lazydocker based on Go and JavaScript for the browser (therefore, some functions may not be available or work differently than in the original project). To manage containers on remote hosts, you need to install agents on the endpoints.