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docker-machine is a utility that can automate the installation of Docker on a remote host. You can use docker-machine to easily deploy Docker to a virtual machine in the Rapid Access Cloud.


Setting up Machine on Your Workstation

  1. Download and Install a compatible version of docker from https://www.docker.com/
  2. Install the OpenStack command-line tools.
  3. Download an openrc file.

Create a Security Group

Log in to the RAC Dashboard. Then, either create a new security group or add new values to the default security group to allow port 80 and port 2376:

Port 80 used by HTTP for our app

Port 2376 is used by docker application

Determine the favor and image you want to use

In a terminal, use the below commands to see the available flavors and images in RAC.

$ source /path/to/your/rc/file
$ openstack flavor list 
$ openstack image list

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will use an m1.small flavor and the Ubuntu 18.04 image.

Provisioning Docker host

Run the following command:

$ docker-machine create -d openstack --openstack-flavor-name m1.small  --openstack-image-name "Ubuntu 18.04" --openstack-floatingip-pool public  --openstack-sec-groups default  --openstack-ssh-user  ubuntu RAC

Once the machine is successfully created run below command to see if Instance is running.

$ docker-machine ls


And you should see output similar to the following:



After the host is provisioned , check the server environment with the following command:

$ docker-machine env RAC



Then run:

$ eval $(docker-machine env RAC)

Configuring and building the application image. 

Run the below commands to create an application folder:

$ mkdir myapp
$ cd myapp


Create a  file named Dockerfile:

$ vi Dockerfile


# Alternatively, you can use nano:
$ nano Dockerfile


Copy below script into your Dockerfile:

FROM ubuntu:16.04
MAINTAINER yourname <youremail>
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y apache2 && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
ENV APACHE_RUN_USER  www-data
ENV APACHE_RUN_GROUP www-data
ENV APACHE_LOG_DIR   /var/log/apache2
ENV APACHE_PID_FILE  /var/run/apache2/apache2.pid
ENV APACHE_RUN_DIR   /var/run/apache2
ENV APACHE_LOCK_DIR  /var/lock/apache2
ENV APACHE_LOG_DIR   /var/log/apache2
RUN mkdir -p $APACHE_RUN_DIR
RUN mkdir -p $APACHE_LOCK_DIR
RUN mkdir -p $APACHE_LOG_DIR
COPY index.html /var/www/html
EXPOSE 80
CMD ["/usr/sbin/apache2", "-D", "FOREGROUND"]


In the same application folder, create a file called index.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>First APP</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>This is a imageapp container</h1>
</body>
</html>

Next, run:

$ docker build -t appimage .


Verify the image exists:

$ docker images


Deploying containers to Docker host remotely

To deploy the application image to your Docker host, run:

$ docker run --name myapp -i -t -p 80:80 appimage


Verify the container is running with the following command:


$ docker ps


-a 


Type in the IP address of your instance (either a Floating IP address or your IPv6 address) in your web browser to see your container running:


You can also log in to your docker host directly by running:

$ docker-machine ssh RAC
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