Monitoring tool for docker containers

Question

We have a AWS Server with docker installed and configured. We are running few docker containers and also we want to monitor all the docker containers like CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Disk Usage, etc .

Is it possible to monitor docker container remotely and also graphically?

Answer 1

I use a combination of Datadog and a small tool called Docker Event Monitor that runs as a container on the Docker host and sends out alerts to Slack, Discord or SparkPost if certain events are triggered. You can configure which events trigger alerts.

Answer 2

For docker monitoring, I recommand telegraf + influxdb + grafana. Telegraf Docker input handle all the things you need : https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/docker

Answer 3

There are some open source components that you can blend together like the previous answer mentioned. cAdvisor and Prometheus + Grafana is another option.

If you are more looking for an integrated commercial solution, have a look at CoScale and its product for Docker monitoring .

Answer 4

There is a number of tools that are used to system/docker health check like splunk, grafana, graylog, etc.

But portainer is an amazing tool that is only designed to use for dockers. Deployment is very simple. You just need to run a docker image. You can check container logs, exec, stats, and many more.

docker volume create portainer_data
docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -p 8000:8000 --name portainer --restart always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer

Check the documentation for more info:- https://portainer.readthedocs.io/en/stable/deployment.html