Getting docker.sock in joyent triton

Question

I am trying to setup jwilder/nginx-proxy docker container on joyent's triton platform. This container needs access to docker.sock to read information about its environment. Basically it needs to do

docker up -v /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro ...

On triton this fails like

Invalid host volume paths found: must be in the form "http://host/path:/container_path": ["/var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:rw"]

Any ideas how I could inject docker.sock into my container on triton?

Answer 1

Triton doesn't currently support docker.sock. You have to go through the DOCKER_HOST TCP port. If you would like this to be a feature, send them a tweet, email or github ticket.

Full disclosure: I work for Joyent.