How to automate a docker server using python

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I'm a newbie in docker and planning to automate a docker server using python. Hence I need to know how to check whether the docker is up or not, the container is up or not, server disk space utilization and so on. I need some hints to proceed.

Do you want to check whether docker is running or not using python? — mohammed wazeem, Mar 27 '20 at 09:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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you can use:

import docker
client = docker.from_env()  # to connect using the default socket or the configuration in your environment

client.containers.list()

output:

[<Container: ab0744e975>, <Container: 0acce75faa>]

the above output is just an example from my pc that shows that docker is running and there are 2 containers

or you can use

client.info()

from the docs:

Display system-wide information. Identical to the docker info command.

Returns: The info as a dict Return type: (dict)

Raises: docker.errors.APIError – If the server returns an error.

to check if the system is responsive you can use

client.ping()

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Mar 27 '20 at 09:18

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What if client.containers.list() return null ? – Mar 27 '20 at 09:24
I need to implement this without the docker library. – Mar 30 '20 at 08:06

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