Home Assistant 2024.8.0 is not compatible with monitor_docker, please upgrade to Home Assistant 2024.8.1
This repository contains the Monitor Docker component I developed for monitoring my Docker environment from Home-Assistant. It is inspired by the Sander Huisman Docker Monitor, where I switched mainly from threads to asyncio and put my own wishes/functionality in. Feel free to use the component and report bugs if you find them. If you want to contribute, please report a bug or pull request and I will reply as soon as possible.
The Monitor Docker allows you to monitor Docker and container statistics and turn on/off containers. It can connect to the Docker daemon locally or remotely. When Home Assistant is used within a Docker container, the Docker daemon should be mounted as follows -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
.
Docker run Example
docker run -d \
... \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
homeassistant/home-assistant
docker-compose.yaml Example
services:
hass:
image: homeassistant/home-assistant
...
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
...
NOTE: Making /var/run/docker.sock
read-only has no effect, because it is a socket (and not file).
Raspberry Pi (Raspbian)
Using a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian it could happen no memory is reported. In such case the Docker API does not report it to Monitor Docker. Making the following changes, normally fixes the problem:
- Open the file
/boot/cmdline.txt
- Add the following to the end of the existing line
cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory
- Reboot your Raspberry Pi
NOTE: Add the line to the existing line, do not replace it
Ubuntu / Debian
Also on Ubuntu/Debian it is possible no memory is shown, the following changes could solve your problem:
- Open the file
/etc/default/grub
- Modify the
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
toGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1"
- Run
sudo update-grub
- Reboot your Ubuntu/Debian
NOTE: This is untested, use at your risk
- Have HACS installed, this will allow you to easily manage and track updates.
- Search for 'Monitor Docker'.
- Click Install below the found integration.
- Configure using the configuration instructions below.
- If applicable, add the volume
/var/run/docker.sock
to your Home Assistant container. - Restart Home-Assistant.
- Copy directory
custom_components/monitor_docker
to your<config dir>/custom_components
directory. - Configure with config below.
- If applicable, add the volume
/var/run/docker.sock
to your Home Assistant container. - Restart Home-Assistant.
To use the monitor_docker
in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml
file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
monitor_docker:
- name: Docker
containers:
- appdaemon
- db-dsmr
- db-hass
- deconz
- dsmr
- hass
- influxdb
- mosquitto
- nodered
- unifi
rename:
appdaemon: AppDaemon
db-dsmr: "Database DSMR-Reader"
db-hass: Database Home Assistant
deconz: DeCONZ
dsmr: "DSMR-Reader"
hass: Home Assistant
influxdb: InfluxDB
mosquitto: Mosquitto
nodered: "Node-RED"
unifi: UniFi
monitored_conditions:
- version
- containers_running
- containers_total
- state
- status
- memory
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
name | string (Required) | Client name of Docker daemon. Defaults to Docker . |
url | string (Optional) | Host URL of Docker daemon. Defaults to unix://var/run/docker.sock . Remote Docker daemon via TCP socket is also supported, use e.g. http://ip:2375 . Do NOT add a slash add the end, this will invalid the URL. For TLS support see Q&A section. SSH is not supported. |
scan_interval | time_period (Optional) | Update interval. Defaults to 10 seconds. |
certpath | string (Optional) | If TCP socket is used, you can define your Docker certificate path, forcing Monitor Docker to enable TLS. The filenames must be cert.pem and key.pem |
containers | list (Optional) | Array of containers to monitor. Defaults to all containers. |
containers_exclude | list (Optional) | Array of containers to be excluded from monitoring, when all containers are included. |
monitored_conditions | list (Optional) | Array of conditions to be monitored. Defaults to all conditions. |
rename | dictionary (Optional) | Dictionary of containers to rename. Renaming is done on the name in HA Lovelove, not the entity name (see rename_entity ). Default no renaming. |
rename_entity | boolean (Optional) | If rename is enabled, it changes the name in HA Loveloce, not the entity name. Enable this setting to also rename the entitu name (Default: False) |
sensorname | string (Optional) | Sensor string to format the name used in Home Assistant. Defaults to {name} {sensor} , where {name} is the container name and {sensor} is e.g. Memory, Status, Network speed Up |
switchname | string (Optional) | Switch string to format the name used in Home Assistant. Defaults to {name} , where {name} is the container name. |
switchenabled | boolean / list (Optional) | Enable/Disable the switch entity for containers (Default: True Enabled switch for all containers, False : Disabled switch for all containers). Or specify a list of containers for which to enable switch entities. |
buttonenabled | boolean (Optional) | Enable/Disable the button entity for containers (Default: False Enabled button for all containers, False : Disabled button for all containers). Or specify a list of containers for which to enable button entities. |
precision_cpu | integer (Optional) | Precision of CPU usage percentage (Default: 2) |
precision_memory_mb | integer (Optional) | Precision of memory usage in MB (Default: 2) |
precision_memory_percentage | integer (Optional) | Precision of memory usage in percentage (Default: 2) |
precision_network_kb | integer (Optional) | Precision of network bandwidth in kB (Default: 2) |
precision_network_mb | integer (Optional) | Precision of network usage in MB (Default: 2) |
Monitored Conditions | Description | Unit |
---|---|---|
version | Docker version | - |
containers_total | Total number of containers | - |
containers_running | Number of running containers | - |
containers_paused | Number of paused containers | - |
containers_stopped | Number of stopped containers | - |
containers_cpu_percentage | CPU Usage. The CPU usage depends on the number of CPU cores, e.g. if you have 8 cores, this value can have a maximum of 800% | % |
containers_1cpu_percentage | CPU Usage, between 0-100% | % |
containers_memory | Memory usage | MB |
containers_memory_percentage | Memory usage | % |
images | Number of images | - |
state | Container state. This is created, restarting, running, removing, paused, exited or dead | - |
status | Container status. E.g. Up 13 days, Up 5 hours, Exited (0) 11 hours ago | - |
health | Container health if available | - |
uptime | Container start time | - |
image | Container image | - |
cpu_percentage | CPU usage. The CPU usage depends on the number of CPU cores, e.g. if you have 8 cores, this value can have a maximum of 800% | % |
1cpu_percentage | CPU Usage, between 0-100% | % |
memory | Memory usage | MB |
memory_percentage | Memory usage | % |
network_speed_up | Network speed upstream | kB/s |
network_speed_down | Network speed downstream | kB/s |
network_total_up | Network total upstream | MB |
network_total_down | Network total downstream | MB |
allinone | This is a special condition and when used, it will only create 1 sensor per container with all the monitored conditions as attribute value. NOTE: If you use this sensor, all other sensors are NOT created, just 1 sensor | - |
It is possible to debug the Monitor Docker component, this can be done by adding the following lines to the configuration.yaml
file:
logger:
logs:
custom_components.monitor_docker: debug
Here are some possible questions/errors with their answers.
- Question: Does this integration work with the HASS or supervisord installers?
Answer: Yes, with an external docker container. Home Assistant supervised does not expose the Docker UNIX/TCP socket. However, you can use an external docker container nameddocker-socket-proxy
. Start this docker with the following docker-compose code. It exposes the socket over TCP andmonitor_docker
can listen to it.Add the following to your# Proxy the Docker sock so that we can pick up stats for HomeAssistant services: dockerproxy: image: tecnativa/docker-socket-proxy container_name: dockerproxy privileged: true volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock ports: - 2375:2375 environment: - BUILD=1 - COMMIT=1 - CONFIGS=1 - CONTAINERS=1 - DISTRIBUTION=1 - EXEC=1 - IMAGES=1 - INFO=1 - NETWORKS=1 - NODES=1 - PLUGINS=1 - SERVICES=1 - SESSSION=1 - SWARM=1 - POST=1
configuration.yaml
:
monitor_docker:
- name: Docker
url: http://<host_ip>:2375
- Error:
Missing valid docker_host.Either DOCKER_HOST or local sockets are not available.
Answer: Most likely the socket is not mounted properly in your Home Assistant container. Please check if you added the volume/var/run/docker.sock
- Error:
aiodocker.exceptions.DockerError: DockerError(900, "Cannot connect to Docker Engine via http://10.0.0.1:2376...)
.
Answer: You are trying to connect via TCP and most likely the remote address is unavailable. Test it with the commanddocker -H tcp://10.0.0.1:2376 ps
if it works (replace10.0.0.1
with your IP address). Also you can consult the following URL for more help: https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/remote-access/ - Question: Is Docker TCP socket via TLS supported?
Answer: Yes it is. You need to set the url to e.g.http://ip:2376
and the environment variablesDOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1
andDOCKER_CERT_PATH=<path to your certificates>
need to be set
The following is a docker-compose example how to set the environment variables and the volume with the certificates:
services:
hass:
image: homeassistant/home-assistant
...
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
# The files need to be named "cert.pem" and "key.pem"
- ./certs:/certs
environment:
- DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1
- DOCKER_CERT_PATH=/certs
...
- Question: Can this integration monitor 2 or more Docker instances?
Answer: Yes it can. Just duplicate the entries and give it an unique name and define the url as shown below:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
monitor_docker:
- name: Docker
containers:
...
- name: RemoteDocker
url: http://10.0.0.1:2376
containers:
...
NOTE: The integration supports multiple Docker instances, but you can only define 1 TLS configuration which is applied to all (thus you cannot mix TCP with and without TLS).
6. Question: Can create, delete or re-create of a container be implemented in the integration?
Answer: The used Docker library has no easy (and safe) way to handle such functionality. Please use docker-compose to handle such operations. If anybody can make this fully work in a safe way, I'll be happy to merge the PR
7. Question: Can you add more security to a switch?
Answer: No, this isn't possible from the integration. You need to do this directly in Lovelace itself, within the card e.g. https://github.com/iantrich/restriction-card
8. Question: All the reported memory values are 0 (zero), can this be fixed in the integration?
Answer: No, the integration just uses the available information from the API and you should fix your Docker
9. Question: Is it possible to monitor HASS.IO?
Answer: Yes, please use the Docker Socker Proxy https://github.com/Tecnativa/docker-socket-proxy and configure http://ip:port to connect to the proxy. This has been tested and verified by other users, but I cannot give support on it.
10. Question: I get a permission denied error?
Answer: In general Docker and HASS.IO are running as root and always can connect to /var/run/docker.sock. If you run in a venv environment or directly with Python, you may need to add the "docker" group to the user used for Home Assistant. The following commands may help you, and it is recommended to reboot after "usermod":
$ sudo usermod -a -G docker <user>
$ sudo reboot
- Question: Can you add the feature to check if there are updates to images in e.g. hub.docker.com?
Answer: Such feature goes outside of the scope of monitor_docker and there are few other options available for this. You can use https://newreleases.io or https://github.com/crazy-max/diun/ - Question: Is Docker via SSH supported?
Answer: No, the Docker library used, does not support it. There is a small but, maybe you can get it to work viasocat
. The following URL may help you: https://serverfault.com/questions/127794/forward-local-port-or-socket-file-to-remote-socket-file/362833#362833 - Question: Can the sensors have an unique entity identifiers? This is useful for renaming it in the HA GUI
Answer: This is not possible, due to the nature how this integration works. The docker name needs to be consistent across restart and recreate, this can be only doing by overruling the entity identifier as it is working now
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