Automatically update your running Docker containers to the latest available image.
A python-based alternative to watchtower
Ouroboros will monitor all running docker containers or those you specify and update said containers to the latest available image in the remote registry using the latest
tag with the same parameters that were used when the container was first created such as volume/bind mounts, docker network connections, environment variables, restart policies, entrypoints, commands, etc.
- Push your image to your registry and simply wait a couple of minutes for ouroboros to find the new image and redeploy your container autonomously.
- Limit your server ssh access
ssh -i key server.domainname "docker pull ... && docker run ..."
is for scrubs
Ouroboros
is deployed via docker image like so:
docker run -d --name ouroboros \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
circa10a/ouroboros
or via docker-compose
:
version: '3'
services:
nginx:
image: nginx:1.14-alpine
ports:
- 80:80
ouroboros:
image: circa10a/ouroboros
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
command: --interval 60 --loglevel debug
By default, running containers will be polled every 5 min
All arguments can be ran together without conflication
docker run --rm circa10a/ouroboros --help
--url
,-u
Monitor and update containers on a remote system by providing theurl
argument. Default isunix://var/run/docker.sock
--interval
,-i
Change how often ouroboros checks the remote docker registry for image updates (in seconds). Default is300
--monitor
,-m
Only monitor select containers which supports an infinite amount of container names. Default is all containers.--loglevel
,-l
The amount of logging details can be supressed or increased Default isinfo
.--runonce
,-r
Update all your running containers in one go and terminate ouroboros. Default isFalse
.--cleanup
,-c
Remove the older docker image if a new one is found and updated. Default isFalse
.
If your running containers' docker images are stored in a secure registry that requires a username and password, simply run ouroboros with 2 environment variables(REPO_USER
and REPO_PASS
).
docker run -d --name ouroboros \
-v REPO_USER=myUser -e REPO_PASS=myPassword \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
circa10a/ouroboros
You can alternatively bind mount ~/.docker/config.json
which won't require the above environment variables.
docker run -d --name ouroboros \
-v $HOME/.docker/config.json:/root/.docker/config.json \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
circa10a/ouroboros
Ouroboros can monitor things other than just local, pass the --url
argument to update a system with the Docker API exposed.
Default is unix://var/run/docker.sock
docker run -d --name ouroboros \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
circa10a/ouroboros --url tcp://my-remote-docker-server:2375
An interval
argument can be supplied to change how often ouroboros checks the remote docker registry for image updates (in seconds).
Default is 300s
docker run -d --name ouroboros \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
circa10a/ouroboros --interval 600
By default, ouroboros will monitor all running docker containers, but can be overridden to only monitor select containers by passing a monitor
argument which supports an infinite amount of container names.
Default is all
docker run -d --name ouroboros \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
circa10a/ouroboros --monitor containerA containerB containerC
The amount of logging details can be supressed by providing a loglevel
argument.
Default is info
docker run -d --name ouroboros \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
circa10a/ouroboros --loglevel debug
If you prefer ouroboros didn't run all the time and only update all of your running containers in one go, provide the runonce
argument and ouroboros will terminate itself after updating all your containers one time.
Default is
False
docker run -d --name ouroboros \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
circa10a/ouroboros --runonce
Ouroboros has the option to remove the older docker image if a new one is found and the container is then updated. To tidy up after updates, pass the cleanup
argument.
Default is
False
docker run -d --name ouroboros \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
circa10a/ouroboros --cleanup
Script will install dependencies from
requirements-dev.txt
All tests:
./run_tests.sh
Unit tests:
./run_tests.sh unit
Integration tests:
./run_tests.sh integration
All welcome