The new StackEngine copy and paste install helps make getting up and running with Docker super-fast and simple; allowing you to go from zero to Docker in 1 minute.
In mid-March we introduced a new method to help you install StackEngine. This does not mean that you still can’t install using the more traditional way, by downloading the StackEngine binary and configuring it locally. Now, with just a simple curl command, you can get up and running, with Docker installed, super-fast, in less than a minute.
The curl command, which is pasted into the terminal window of an Ubuntu, CentOS or Redhat Linux server, automatically downloads the latest StackEngine binary, configures it, installs Docker if needed and adds a trial license to the StackEngine instance. The Linux server can be a virtual machine, physical server or cloud server of your choosing.
Then all you need to do to start using StackEngine with Docker is to log into the StackEngine controller locally on your host. This login ip and port are shown as part of the install process.
When logging in for the first time, we typically see these two scenarios.
- StackEngine was installed on an existing Docker host. If this is the case, you can immediately see all of the images and containers that are on the host, along with their state (running, stopped, paused). You have access to fully control those containers and launch the images on the host as running containers. You can view any of the container logs and remove containers with the StackEngine UI.
- StackEngine was installed on a new Docker host. If this is the case, the very first thing that you want to do is pull some images from your Docker registry. This can be either private (for example Quay or Docker) or public registries. The Docker hub public registry is already configured within StackEngine, so in order to pull some popular images, you just need to setup some StackEngine Docker Components. StackEngine Components allow you to pull an image from a repo, and assign with tag you want to pull. So for example, if you want a Redis component to always pull the latest image, just tag create a Component, give it a name, the repository is “redis” and the image tag is “latest”, and save it. Note, in the next version of StackEngine (v0.8), some of these popular repositories / images will be pre-configured for you, which will make the process even easier.
Now, you are up and running and can check out and use Docker as you need. All with the ability that StackEngine uniquely provides through its powerful GUI – Docker visibility and control.
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See also: Five simple StackEngine trial tips, when StackEngine is installed on a host already used for Docker.
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