Generic (Machine)

Generic

Create machines using an existing VM/Host with SSH.

This is useful if you are using a provider that Machine does not support directly or if you would like to import an existing host to allow Docker Machine to manage.

The driver will perform a list of tasks on create:

• If docker is not running on the host, it will be installed automatically.
• It will update the host packages (apt-get update, yum update…).
• It will generate certificates to secure the docker daemon.
• The docker daemon will be restarted, thus all running containers will be stopped.
• The hostname will be changed to fit the machine name.

Example

To create a machine instance, specify --driver generic, the IP address or DNS name of the host and the path to the SSH private key authorized to connect to the host.

$ docker-machine create \
  --driver generic \
  --generic-ip-address=203.0.113.81 \
  --generic-ssh-key=~/.ssh/id_rsa \
  vm

Password-protected SSH keys

When an SSH identity is not provided (with the --generic-ssh-key flag), the SSH agent (if running) will be consulted. This makes it possible to easily use password-protected SSH keys.

Note that this usage is only supported if you’re using the external SSH client, which is the default behaviour when the ssh binary is available. If you’re using the native client (with --native-ssh), using the SSH agent is not yet supported.

$ docker-machine create \
  --driver generic \
  --generic-ip-address=203.0.113.81 \
  other

Sudo privileges

The user that is used to SSH into the host can be specified with --generic-ssh-user flag. This user has to be have password-less sudo privileges. If it’s not the case, you need to edit the sudoers file and configure the user as a sudoer with NOPASSWD. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers.

Options

• --generic-engine-port: Port to use for Docker Daemon (Note: This flag will not work with boot2docker).
• --generic-ip-address: required IP Address of host.
• --generic-ssh-key: Path to the SSH user private key.
• --generic-ssh-user: SSH username used to connect.
• --generic-ssh-port: Port to use for SSH.

Note: You must use a base operating system supported by Machine.

Environment variables and default values: