Creating and Configuring Docker-enabled Containers

To create a Parallels Container ready for running Docker containers, do the following:

1. Create a Container with a guest OS for which a Docker application template is available. For example:

   # vzctl create 101 --ostemplate centos-7-x86_64

   In the current version of Parallels Cloud Server, Docker application templates are available for these guest operating systems:

   • CentOS 7
   • Fedora 21
2. Configure network access in the Container. For details, see Configuring Network Settings .
3. Enable bridges in the Container. For example:

   # vzctl set 101 --features bridge:on --save

4. Allow all iptables modules for the Container. For example:

   # vzctl set 101 --netfilter full --save

5. Start the Container. For example:

   # vzctl start 101

6. Install the Docker application template into the Container. For example:

   # vzpkg install 101 docker

To check that Docker is configured correctly, you can create a test Docker container inside the configured Parallels Container. For example:

1. Increase Container RAM and diskspace for running multiple Docker containers. For example:

   # vzctl set 101 --ram 4G --save

   # vzctl set 101 --diskspace 25G:25G --save

2. Launch MySQL:

   # docker run --name test-mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=123qwe -d mysql

3. Launch WordPress:

   # docker run --name test-wordpress --link test-mysql:mysql -p 8080:80 -d wordpress

4. Log in to your WordPress installation by visiting the IP address of the Parallels Container at port 8080.

Note: For more information about Docker, visit http://docs.docker.com/ .

Restrictions and Limitations

• Checkpointing and live migration of Parallels Containers with Docker containers inside is not supported.
• During vzreboot operation, Parallels Containers with Docker containers inside are restarted instead of being suspended and resumed.
• Only the vfs Docker graph driver is currently supported.
• Bridges cannot be created inside Docker containers running inside a Parallels Container. (You can create bridges inside Parallels Containers as usual.)