Ansible Docker Container

An Ansible roles that creates a docker container with a data volume. This role uses the docker module to create the container.

Role Variables

Create the following structure to hold the variables that the role needs:

# Our list of containers. An object using the name of the container as the index.
containers:
  "test":
    # The docker image to be used.
    container_image: batandwa/baseimage
    # The command to be run when the container is started.
    container_command: /sbin/my_init --enable-insecure-key
    # The domain to be used assigned to the container
    container_domain: "dev5.batandwa.me"
    # The ports that will be exposed by the container
    container_ports: 
      - "2201:22"
      - 3306
      - 80
      - 1080
    # The container volumes with their corresponding host destinations with the host destination specfied first.
    container_volumes: 
      - "{{ lookup('env', 'PWD') }}/data/home:/home"
      - "{{ lookup('env', 'PWD') }}/data/tmp:/tmp"
    # Whether the container should expose all it's open ports.
    container_all_ports: no
    # The interface IP to use for the DNS. Set no to ignore.
    container_dns_interface: no
    # The socket or URL location for the docker host.
    container_docker_url: unix://var/run/docker.sock
    # Create a data-only container for this container.
    container_data_container: yes

# A list of containers that should be removed.
remove_cotainers:
  - dev
  - db1
  - load_balancer

Example Playbook

Create a variables.yml file with the variables as above and add the following to your playbook.

- hosts: local
  remote_user: root
  vars_files:
    - variables.yml
  roles:
    - ansible-docker-container

License

GPL v2