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Merge pull request #10204 from vbatts/vbatts-dm_info_docs

devmapper: some explination of `docker info`
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Vincent Batts 2015-01-20 09:41:25 -05:00
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@ -28,6 +28,45 @@ containers. All base images are snapshots of this device and those
images are then in turn used as snapshots for other images and
eventually containers.
### Information on `docker info`
As of docker-1.4.1, `docker info` when using the `devicemapper` storage driver
will display something like:
$ sudo docker info
[...]
Storage Driver: devicemapper
Pool Name: docker-253:1-17538953-pool
Pool Blocksize: 65.54 kB
Data file: /dev/loop4
Metadata file: /dev/loop4
Data Space Used: 2.536 GB
Data Space Total: 107.4 GB
Metadata Space Used: 7.93 MB
Metadata Space Total: 2.147 GB
Udev Sync Supported: true
Data loop file: /home/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/data
Metadata loop file: /home/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/metadata
Library Version: 1.02.82-git (2013-10-04)
[...]
#### status items
Each item in the indented section under `Storage Driver: devicemapper` are
status information about the driver.
* `Pool Name` name of the devicemapper pool for this driver.
* `Pool Blocksize` tells the blocksize the thin pool was initialized with. This only changes on creation.
* `Data file` blockdevice file used for the devicemapper data
* `Metadata file` blockdevice file used for the devicemapper metadata
* `Data Space Used` tells how much of `Data file` is currently used
* `Data Space Total` tells max size the `Data file`
* `Metadata Space Used` tells how much of `Metadata file` is currently used
* `Metadata Space Total` tells max size the `Metadata file`
* `Udev Sync Supported` tells whether devicemapper is able to sync with Udev. Should be `true`.
* `Data loop file` file attached to `Data file`, if loopback device is used
* `Metadata loop file` file attached to `Metadata file`, if loopback device is used
* `Library Version` from the libdevmapper used
### options
The devicemapper backend supports some options that you can specify