community.docker.docker_host_info – Retrieves facts about docker host and lists of objects of the services.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.docker collection (version 1.5.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.docker.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.docker.docker_host_info.

Synopsis

  • Retrieves facts about a docker host.

  • Essentially returns the output of docker system info.

  • The module also allows to list object names for containers, images, networks and volumes. It also allows to query information on disk usage.

  • The output differs depending on API version of the docker daemon.

  • If the docker daemon cannot be contacted or does not meet the API version requirements, the module will fail.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • Docker API >= 1.21

  • Docker SDK for Python: Please note that the docker-py Python module has been superseded by docker (see here for details). For Python 2.6, docker-py must be used. Otherwise, it is recommended to install the docker Python module. Note that both modules should not be installed at the same time. Also note that when both modules are installed and one of them is uninstalled, the other might no longer function and a reinstall of it is required.

  • Docker SDK for Python >= 1.10.0 (use docker-py for Python 2.6)

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_version
string
Default:
"auto"
The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host.
Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by Docker SDK for Python and the docker daemon.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable DOCKER_API_VERSION will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.

aliases: docker_api_version
ca_cert
path
Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file.
If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH is set, the file ca.pem from the directory specified in the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH will be used.

aliases: tls_ca_cert, cacert_path
client_cert
path
Path to the client's TLS certificate file.
If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH is set, the file cert.pem from the directory specified in the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH will be used.

aliases: tls_client_cert, cert_path
client_key
path
Path to the client's TLS key file.
If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH is set, the file key.pem from the directory specified in the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH will be used.

aliases: tls_client_key, key_path
containers
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to list containers.
containers_filters
dictionary
A dictionary of filter values used for selecting containers to list.
For example, until: 24h.
See the docker documentation for more information on possible filters.
debug
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Debug mode
disk_usage
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Summary information on used disk space by all Docker layers.
The output is a sum of images, volumes, containers and build cache.
docker_host
string
Default:
"unix://var/run/docker.sock"
The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote host, provide the TCP connection string. For example, tcp://192.0.2.23:2376. If TLS is used to encrypt the connection, the module will automatically replace tcp in the connection URL with https.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable DOCKER_HOST will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.

aliases: docker_url
images
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to list images.
images_filters
dictionary
A dictionary of filter values used for selecting images to list.
For example, dangling: true.
See the docker documentation for more information on possible filters.
networks
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to list networks.
networks_filters
dictionary
A dictionary of filter values used for selecting networks to list.
See the docker documentation for more information on possible filters.
ssl_version
string
Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by ssl.py module.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable DOCKER_SSL_VERSION will be used instead.
timeout
integer
Default:
60
The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable DOCKER_TIMEOUT will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
tls
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. Note that if validate_certs is set to yes as well, it will take precedence.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable DOCKER_TLS will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
tls_hostname
string
Default:
"localhost"
When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected name of the server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
use_ssh_client
boolean
added in 1.5.0 of community.docker
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
For SSH transports, use the ssh CLI tool instead of paramiko.
Requires Docker SDK for Python 4.4.0 or newer.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.

aliases: tls_verify
verbose_output
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
When set to yes and networks, volumes, images, containers or disk_usage is set to yes then output will contain verbose information about objects matching the full output of API method. For details see the documentation of your version of Docker API at L(https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/).
The verbose output in this module contains only subset of information returned by _info module for each type of the objects.
volumes
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to list volumes.
volumes_filters
dictionary
A dictionary of filter values used for selecting volumes to list.
See the docker documentation for more information on possible filters.

Notes

Note

  • Connect to the Docker daemon by providing parameters with each task or by defining environment variables. You can define DOCKER_HOST, DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME, DOCKER_API_VERSION, DOCKER_CERT_PATH, DOCKER_SSL_VERSION, DOCKER_TLS, DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY and DOCKER_TIMEOUT. If you are using docker machine, run the script shipped with the product that sets up the environment. It will set these variables for you. See https://docs.docker.com/machine/reference/env/ for more details.

  • When connecting to Docker daemon with TLS, you might need to install additional Python packages. For the Docker SDK for Python, version 2.4 or newer, this can be done by installing docker[tls] with ansible.builtin.pip.

  • Note that the Docker SDK for Python only allows to specify the path to the Docker configuration for very few functions. In general, it will use $HOME/.docker/config.json if the DOCKER_CONFIG environment variable is not specified, and use $DOCKER_CONFIG/config.json otherwise.

  • This module uses the Docker SDK for Python to communicate with the Docker daemon.

Examples

- name: Get info on docker host
  community.docker.docker_host_info:
  register: result

- name: Get info on docker host and list images
  community.docker.docker_host_info:
    images: yes
  register: result

- name: Get info on docker host and list images matching the filter
  community.docker.docker_host_info:
    images: yes
    images_filters:
      label: "mylabel"
  register: result

- name: Get info on docker host and verbose list images
  community.docker.docker_host_info:
    images: yes
    verbose_output: yes
  register: result

- name: Get info on docker host and used disk space
  community.docker.docker_host_info:
    disk_usage: yes
  register: result

- ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: result.host_info

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
can_talk_to_docker
boolean
both on success and on error
Will be true if the module can talk to the docker daemon.
containers
list / elements=dictionary
When containers is yes
List of dict objects containing the basic information about each container. Keys matches the docker container ls output unless verbose_output=yes. See description for verbose_output.
disk_usage
dictionary
When disk_usage is yes
Information on summary disk usage by images, containers and volumes on docker host unless verbose_output=yes. See description for verbose_output.
host_info
dictionary
always
Facts representing the basic state of the docker host. Matches the docker system info output.
images
list / elements=dictionary
When images is yes
List of dict objects containing the basic information about each image. Keys matches the docker image ls output unless verbose_output=yes. See description for verbose_output.
networks
list / elements=dictionary
When networks is yes
List of dict objects containing the basic information about each network. Keys matches the docker network ls output unless verbose_output=yes. See description for verbose_output.
volumes
list / elements=dictionary
When volumes is yes
List of dict objects containing the basic information about each volume. Keys matches the docker volume ls output unless verbose_output=yes. See description for verbose_output.


Authors

  • Piotr Wojciechowski (@WojciechowskiPiotr)