Shortcuts
Handy Docker Swarm commands
docker swarm init |
Initialization of swarm mode |
docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.yml [name-stack] |
Deploy a stack to Docker Swarm |
docker service ls |
Check the services |
docker service ps [service-name] |
Check tasks (containers) |
docker service scale [service-name]=5 |
Scale the service to five |
docker service update --image [image:tag] [service-name] |
Rolling update |
docker service rm [service-name] |
Remove a service |
docker stack rm [name-stack] |
Remove a stack |
Service vs Stack
Service refers to an entry in docker-compose.yml file, whereas Stack usually
refers to the entire docker-compose.yml which is composed of some interrelated
services. Services in a stack can be scaled, not the stack itself.