glances/docs/docker.rst

.. _docker:

Docker
======

Glances can be installed through Docker, allowing you to run it without installing all the python dependencies directly on your system. Once you have [docker installed](https://docs.docker.com/install/), you can

Get the Glances container:

.. code-block:: console

    docker pull nicolargo/glances

Run the container in *console mode*:

.. code-block:: console

    docker run --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro --pid host --network host -it docker.io/nicolargo/glances

Additionally, if you want to use your own glances.conf file, you can create your own Dockerfile:

.. code-block:: console

    FROM nicolargo/glances
    COPY glances.conf /glances/conf/glances.conf
    CMD python -m glances -C /glances/conf/glances.conf $GLANCES_OPT

Alternatively, you can specify something along the same lines with docker run options:

.. code-block:: console

    docker run -v `pwd`/glances.conf:/glances/conf/glances.conf -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro --pid host -it docker.io/nicolargo/glances

Where \`pwd\`/glances.conf is a local directory containing your glances.conf file.

Run the container in *Web server mode* (notice the `GLANCES_OPT` environment variable setting parameters for the glances startup command):

.. code-block:: console

    docker run -d --restart="always" -p 61208-61209:61208-61209 -e GLANCES_OPT="-w" -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro --pid host docker.io/nicolargo/glances

Note: if you want to see the network interface stats within the container, add --net=host --privileged

You can also include Glances container in you own `docker-compose.yml`. Here's a realistic example including a "traefik" reverse proxy serving an "whoami" app container plus a Glances container, providing a simple and efficient monitoring webui.

.. code-block:: console

    version: '3'

    services:
      reverse-proxy:
        image: traefik:alpine
        command: --api --docker
        ports:
          - "80:80"
          - "8080:8080"
        volumes:
          - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

      whoami:
        image: emilevauge/whoami
        labels:
          - "traefik.frontend.rule=Host:whoami.docker.localhost"

      monitoring:
        image: nicolargo/glances:latest-alpine
        restart: always
        pid: host
        volumes:
          - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
        environment:
          - "GLANCES_OPT=-w"
        labels:
          - "traefik.port=61208"
          - "traefik.frontend.rule=Host:glances.docker.localhost"

How to protect your Dockerized server (or Web server) with a login/password ?
------------------------------------------------------------------

Below are two methods for setting up a login/password to protect Glances running inside a Docker container.

Option 1
^^^^^^^^

You can enter the running container by entering this command (replacing ``glances_docker`` with the name of your container):

.. code-block:: console

    docker exec -it glances_docker sh

and generate the password file (the default login is ``glances``, add the ``--username`` flag if you would like to change it):

.. code-block:: console

    glances -s --password
    
which will prompt you to answer the following questions:

.. code-block:: console
    Define the Glances server password (glances username): 
    Password (confirm): 
    Do you want to save the password? [Yes/No]: Yes

after which you will need to kill the process by entering ``CTRL+C`` (potentially twice), before leaving the container:

.. code-block:: console
    ^C^C
    exit

You will then need to copy the password file to your host machine:

.. code-block:: console
    docker cp glances_docker:/root/.config/glances/glances.pwd ./secrets/glances_password

and make it visible to your container by adding it to ``docker-compose.yml`` as a ``secret``:

.. code-block:: yaml
    services:
      glances:
        image: nicolargo/glances:latest
        secrets:
          - source: glances_password
            target: /root/.config/glances/glances.pwd
            mode: '0440'
    
    secrets:
      glances_password:
        file: ./secrets/glances_password

Option 2
^^^^^^^^

You can add a ``[passwords]`` block to the Glances configuration file as mentioned elsewhere in the documentation:

.. code-block:: ini

    [passwords]
    # Define the passwords list
    # Syntax: host=password
    # Where: host is the hostname
    #        password is the clear password
    # Additionally (and optionally) a default password could be defined
    localhost=mylocalhostpassword
    default=mydefaultpassword