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shino
shino

Reputation: 4734

Does the Docker remote API have an equivalent for "docker run --rm ..."?

I'd like to be able to easily clean up containers after they exit. Is this possible with the remote API? (Other than discovering the exit myself and removing with the DELETE/containers endpoint)

Upvotes: 11

Views: 1505

Answers (2)

Josh
Josh

Reputation: 4458

larsks answer is now outdated. Docker Remote API 1.25 shifted --rm functionality from client to server. There is an AutoRemove flag under HostConfig when creating a container that does exactly this.

Upvotes: 9

larsks
larsks

Reputation: 311635

The --rm option in the Docker client is entirely a client side option. This is, for example, why you can't combine -d with --rm -- because the client is only able to remove the container on exit if it stays attached to the container.

You could write a clean up script that would periodically run docker ps -f status=exited -q and clean up the result.

You could also achieve something more automated by monitoring the Docker API's /events endpoint and responding immediately to container exits, I guess.

Upvotes: 8

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