Docker Socket Tunnel

A simple docker-machine replacement that take advantage of SSH socket forwarding.

Usage (by manual)

1. Deploy this on remote machine

docker run -d --restart=always -p 2377:22 \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
  -v ~/.ssh/authorized_keys:/root/.ssh/authorized_keys:ro \
  --name docker-socket-tunnel teambun/docker-socket-tunnel

2. Forward Docker socket

ssh -NTL /tmp/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -p 2377 remote

3. Connect to remote docker

unset DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY
export DOCKER_HOST=unix:///tmp/docker.sock

docker ps

Usage (by scripts)

1. Get scripts
2. Deploy this to remote machine: dockertunnel-init user@remote
3. Run docker client: dockertunnel user@remote docker ps