ServerCtl - Services for Developers

Todo

• Add a --temporary option to start to remove volume after stop
• Rename from serverctl to server
• Implement variables in environment section
• Provide environment, ex. ${SERVER_HOST} for docker host IP
• Add filtering to find command, to seach for tags or name
• App port binding, i.e. phpmyadmin on 9000, phpcacheadmin on 9001

Examples

Say you need a Mongodb instance for something. Try this:

$ serverctl start mongo
Started mongo<default>
  Mongo client: 27017
$

What just happened? Well, the start command pulled and started a new container from the latest docker image using sensible defaults from the service registry.

Let's start another one:

$ serverctl start mongo --instance other --portoffset 1
Started mongo<other>
  Mongo client: 27018
$

Check it out!

$ serverctl status
Service   Instance   Ports
mongo     default    27017
          other      27018
$ serverctl stop mongo --all
Stopped mongo<default>
Stopped mongo<other>
$

FAQ

Where is the data stored?

• Data goes in $HOME/.var/serverctl