Why docker not support the http api for docker stack?

Asked Feb 25 '20 at 06:51

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I checked docker API doc:api/v1.40 and I couldn't find API support for docker stack stuff.

After I googled it, I found these GitHub issues:

I still don't understand why docker stack stuff isn't supported.

If I want to manage my stack through HTTP API, what am I supposed to do? It looks like I can only ssh to the machine in a certain way to execute commands docker stack ls if I want to list all stacks on my web management page.

Also, I'd like to know how a product like portainer achieves this function?

Any answer will be appreciated.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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asked Feb 25 '20 at 06:51

woxihuanxiayua

How about exposing docker through an [http socket](https://success.docker.com/article/how-do-i-enable-the-remote-api-for-dockerd)? – Mike Doe Feb 25 '20 at 07:06
Yes I exposed it and I used http API to manage docker. But there is no api for stack. – woxihuanxiayua Feb 25 '20 at 08:09
Why won't you use k8s? It's far more superior. – Mike Doe Feb 25 '20 at 08:29
k8s is too heavy for me – woxihuanxiayua Feb 25 '20 at 08:31
It's strange how docker client could list stacks, but there is no such API :) Do they get all services and extract all stack names from their labels and group them to make the stacks list? – Ahmad Ahmadi Jul 15 '20 at 13:54
Portainer does this by shipping the `docker` binary with the portainer image. – Zeeshan Jun 24 '21 at 04:54

Why docker not support the http api for docker stack?

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