Vagrant Docker Daemon

Overview

Vagrant box with Docker daemon accessible from a remote host. Very useful for Docker image builds under a Windows based operating system.

Features

• Create Ubuntu 14.04 base box with Vagrant
• Install Docker daemon with additional tools
• Open Docker daemon socket to use from a remote host
• Log DOCKER_HOST environment variable

Prerequisites

• Vagrant must be installed
• VirtualBox must be installed

Usage

• Create virtual machine with Vagrant:

  vagrant up

Use case examples

Windows

• Set DOCKER_HOST environment variable (use ip which is logged out by vagrant up):

  set DOCKER_HOST=tcp://172.28.128.2:2375

• Use docker-maven-plugin from fabric8 to build your Docker images:

  mvn clean install docker:build

Linux

• Set DOCKER_HOST environment variable (use ip which is logged out by vagrant up):

  export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://172.28.128.2:2375

• Use docker command line to test some features with a fresh installation:

  docker run --rm hello-world