This documentation supports the 20.08 (12.1) version of BMC Discovery.To view an earlier version of the product, select the version from the Product version menu.

Viewing a software container

A software container object in BMC Discovery represents an instance of a software container (such as Docker) running in the environment. Software Container nodes represent the containers, rather than any management software such as the Docker Engine. The Docker Engine and its equivalent for other providers is modeled using an SI.

Related topics

Managing-your-IT-infrastructure


Note

Software containers are not synchronized to the CMDB. The transient nature and purpose of software containers means that synchronizing them might cause excessive churn in the CMDB. However, to ensure that the CMDB reflects the state of the container software configuration, the related SIs, load balancers, and deployment information are synchronized as usual. 

To view a software container

  1. From the main menu, select Explore > Data.
    The Infrastructure page opens.
  2. In the Cloud & Container Orchestration section, click Software Containers.
  3. Select a software container from the list, as illustrated in the following image: 
    SoftwareContainer.png

The following table describes the information fields for a typical software container.

Field name

Description

Name

Name of this host container (for example, Docker Container fuel-core-6.0-nginx on fuel.domain)

Type

Type of host container (for example, Docker Container)

Image

Image used to create the container (for example fuel/nginx_6.0)

Tag

Tag for the container (for example, latest). Tags are entered for cloud services through the cloud provider management interface.

Configipedia Page

Configipedia page describing the product and the pattern used to discover it. For example:
https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/Configipedia/Docker

Instance Count

Number of containers grouped together

Host

Host on which the software container application is running

Contains Software Instances

Pages for the Software Instances running in this Software Container

Managed by Software Instance

Pages for the Software Instances that manage this Software Container

Maintaining Pattern

Pattern that is maintaining this Software Container

Associated processes

Pages for Discovered Processes associated with this software container

 

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