# docker-wrapper
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A type-safe Docker CLI wrapper for Rust.
## Installation
```toml
[dependencies]
docker-wrapper = "0.10"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
```
**MSRV:** 1.88.0
## Quick Start
```rust
use docker_wrapper::{DockerCommand, RunCommand, StopCommand, RmCommand};
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
// Run a container
let container = RunCommand::new("nginx:alpine")
.name("my-nginx")
.port(8080, 80)
.detach()
.execute()
.await?;
println!("Started: {}", container.short());
// Stop and remove
StopCommand::new("my-nginx").execute().await?;
RmCommand::new("my-nginx").execute().await?;
Ok(())
}
```
> **Note:** Import `DockerCommand` trait to use `.execute()` on commands.
## Features
```toml
# Docker Compose support
docker-wrapper = { version = "0.10", features = ["compose"] }
# Container templates (Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.)
docker-wrapper = { version = "0.10", features = ["templates"] }
```
### Compose Example
```rust
use docker_wrapper::{DockerCommand, compose::{ComposeUpCommand, ComposeDownCommand, ComposeCommand}};
ComposeUpCommand::new()
.file("docker-compose.yml")
.detach()
.execute()
.await?;
```
### Templates Example
```rust
use docker_wrapper::{RedisTemplate, Template};
let redis = RedisTemplate::new("my-redis")
.port(6379)
.password("secret");
let id = redis.start().await?;
redis.stop().await?;
```
## Tracing
Every command invocation emits [`tracing`](https://docs.rs/tracing) spans and
events so you can observe Docker CLI activity in production. Instrumentation is
enabled by default via the `tracing` cargo feature; compile with
`--no-default-features` to drop the dependency entirely.
```toml
# Default: tracing instrumentation is on
docker-wrapper = "0.10"
# Opt out
docker-wrapper = { version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = ["compose"] }
```
### What gets emitted
Each call to `DockerCommand::execute` and `StreamableCommand::stream` is
wrapped in a span:
| `docker.command` | `CommandExecutor::execute_command` | `command`, `args_count`, `platform`, `runtime`, `timeout_secs` |
| `docker.process` | process spawn | `full_command` |
| `docker.timeout` | timeout-wrapped execution | `timeout_secs` |
| `docker.stream` | streaming execution | `command`, `mode` (`handler` or `channel`) |
Within the `docker.command` span, events are emitted as:
- `info` on success: `exit_code`, `duration_ms`, `stdout_len`, `stderr_len`.
- `warn` on non-zero exit / spawn failure: `exit_code`, `duration_ms`,
`stderr_snippet` (truncated to ~512 bytes), plus the error message.
- `trace` for raw stdout / stderr payloads.
Streaming variants additionally emit `debug!` for every stdout/stderr line
(set `RUST_LOG=docker_wrapper=debug` to see them), so noisy builds can be
filtered down by level.
### Subscribing
```rust,no_run
use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
tracing_subscriber::fmt()
.with_env_filter(EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| "docker_wrapper=info".into()))
.init();
```
Useful `RUST_LOG` filters:
```bash
# All docker-wrapper activity
RUST_LOG=docker_wrapper=trace cargo run
# Just the top-level execute spans + completion events
RUST_LOG=docker_wrapper=info cargo run
# Stream commands with per-line output
RUST_LOG=docker_wrapper::stream=debug cargo run
```
## Why docker-wrapper?
This crate wraps the Docker CLI rather than calling the Docker API directly (like [bollard](https://crates.io/crates/bollard)).
| **Approach** | Shells out to `docker` CLI | Calls Docker REST API directly |
| **Setup** | Just needs `docker` in PATH | Needs API socket access |
| **Compose** | Native `docker compose` support | Not supported |
| **Compatibility** | Works with Docker, Podman, Colima, etc. | Docker API only |
| **Performance** | Process spawn overhead | Direct API calls |
| **Use case** | CLI tools, scripts, dev tooling | High-performance services |
**Choose docker-wrapper when:** You're building CLI tools, need Compose support, want to work with Docker alternatives, or are migrating shell scripts to Rust.
**Choose bollard when:** You need maximum performance, direct API access, or are building a long-running service with many Docker operations.
## Documentation
- **[API Reference](https://docs.rs/docker-wrapper)** - Complete documentation with examples
- **[Examples](examples/)** - Working code examples
## License
MIT OR Apache-2.0