Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, we take a look at monitoring Docker containers and the best free docker monitoring solutions that are free and open source. We cover 5 solutions that are easily configured to monitor both your Docker host as well as the individual containers in your environment.
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Introduction to Docker monitoring - 0:00
Introducing Docker stats command - 0:49
Running the Docker stats command - 1:08
Looking at the Docker stats help and additional parameters - 1:52
Introducing Glances Docker monitoring commandline tool - 3:16
Pulling down the Glances container - 4:08
Looking at the Glances dashboard - 4:45
Looking at Glances container host information for monitoring - 5:02
Information about the running containers - 5:31
Sorting information in Glances - 5:58
Introducing Portainer for Docker monitoring - 6:35
Looking at the Portainer dashboard - 7:15
Containers view in Portainer - 7:49
Portainer Quick Actions and what they do - 8:12
Adding additional Docker hosts in Portainer - 10:12
Introducing Zabbix for monitoring Docker containers - 10:32
Looking at Zabbix dashboards for a Docker host - 11:15
Graphs view in Zabbix - 11:50
Viewing historical data for Docker containers - 12:22
Looking at Zabbix container host monitoring via Linux agent - 12:56
Introducing CheckMK - 13:58
Viewing the CheckMK dashboard - 14:37
Viewing container host performance metrics in CheckMK - 15:01
Viewing the Docker containers information in CheckMK - 16:02
Concluding thoughts and wrapping up monitoring Docker containers - 16:49
Free Docker monitoring solutions that are free and open source:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/monitor-docker-containers-with-6-free-tools
Install and configure the Portainer remote agent:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/portainer-agent-manage-remote-docker-environment
Yacht vs. Portainer:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/yacht-vs-portainer-docker-dashboard-comparison
In this video, we take a look at monitoring Docker containers and the best free docker monitoring solutions that are free and open source. We cover 5 solutions that are easily configured to monitor both your Docker host as well as the individual containers in your environment.
Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
_____________________________________________________
Social Media:
twitter.com/vspinmaster
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
Github:
github.com/brandonleegit
Introduction to Docker monitoring - 0:00
Introducing Docker stats command - 0:49
Running the Docker stats command - 1:08
Looking at the Docker stats help and additional parameters - 1:52
Introducing Glances Docker monitoring commandline tool - 3:16
Pulling down the Glances container - 4:08
Looking at the Glances dashboard - 4:45
Looking at Glances container host information for monitoring - 5:02
Information about the running containers - 5:31
Sorting information in Glances - 5:58
Introducing Portainer for Docker monitoring - 6:35
Looking at the Portainer dashboard - 7:15
Containers view in Portainer - 7:49
Portainer Quick Actions and what they do - 8:12
Adding additional Docker hosts in Portainer - 10:12
Introducing Zabbix for monitoring Docker containers - 10:32
Looking at Zabbix dashboards for a Docker host - 11:15
Graphs view in Zabbix - 11:50
Viewing historical data for Docker containers - 12:22
Looking at Zabbix container host monitoring via Linux agent - 12:56
Introducing CheckMK - 13:58
Viewing the CheckMK dashboard - 14:37
Viewing container host performance metrics in CheckMK - 15:01
Viewing the Docker containers information in CheckMK - 16:02
Concluding thoughts and wrapping up monitoring Docker containers - 16:49
Free Docker monitoring solutions that are free and open source:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/monitor-docker-containers-with-6-free-tools
Install and configure the Portainer remote agent:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/portainer-agent-manage-remote-docker-environment
Yacht vs. Portainer:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/yacht-vs-portainer-docker-dashboard-comparison
