sen 0.2.1

# sen

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`sen` is a terminal user interface for docker engine:
* it can interactively manage your containers and images:
* manage? start, stop, restart, kill, delete,...
* you are able to inspect containers and images
* sen can fetch logs of containers and even stream logs real-time
* all buffers support searching and filtering
* sen receives real-time updates from docker when anything changes
* e.g. if you create a container in another terminal, sen will pick it up
* sen notifies you whenever something happens (and reports slow queries)
* supports a lot of vim-like keybindings (`j`, `k`, `gg`, `/`, ...)
* there is a special buffer which display detailed info about images
* you can get interactive tree view of all images (equivalent of `docker images --tree`)

You can [see the features yourself](/docs/features.md).


# Installation and running `sen`

I strongly advise to run `sen` from a docker container provided on docker hub:

```
$ docker pull tomastomecek/sen
```

This repository has set up automated builds on docker hub. In case you run into some issue, try pulling latest version before opening issue. You should run `sen` in containers like this:

```
$ docker run -v /run/docker.sock:/run/docker.sock -ti -e TERM=$TERM tomastomecek/sen
```


## docker

You can easily build a docker image with sen inside:

```
$ docker build --tag=$USER/sen git://github.com/tomastomecek/sen
$ docker run -v /run/docker.sock:/run/docker.sock -ti -e TERM=$TERM $USER/sen
```


## PyPI

`sen` releases are available on PyPI:

```
$ pip3 install sen
```

If `pip3` executable is not available on your system, you can run pip like this:

```
$ python3 -m pip install sen
```

And then start sen like this:

```
$ sen
```


## git

`sen` is a python 3 only project. I recommend using at least python 3.4. This is how you can install `sen` from git:

```
$ git clone https://github.com/TomasTomecek/sen
$ cd sen
$ ./setup.py install
$ sen
```

Or even run `sen` straight from git:

```
$ git clone https://github.com/TomasTomecek/sen
$ cd sen
$ PYTHONPATH="$PWD:$PYTHONPATH" ./sen/cli.py
```


# Prerequisite

Either:

* The unix socket for docker engine needs to be accessible. By default it's located at `/run/docker.sock`.

OR

* Have the `DOCKER_HOST`, `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY`, and `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` set properly. If you're using `docker-machine` or `boot2docker` you're all set!


# Keybindings

Since I am heavy `vim` user, these keybindings are trying to stay close to vim.


## Global

```
/ search (provide empty query to disable searching)
n next search occurrence
N previous search occurrence
f4 display only lines matching provided query (provide empty query to clear filtering)
* main listing provides additional filtering (for more info, check Listing Section)
* example query: "fed" - display lines containing string "fed"
f5 open a tree view of all images (`docker images --tree` equivalent)
ctrl o next buffer
ctrl i previous buffer
x remove buffer
ctrl l redraw user interface
h, ? show help
```

## Movement

```
gg go to first item
G go to last item
j go one line down
k go one line up
pg up
ctrl u go 10 lines up
pg down
ctrl d go 10 lines down
```

## Listing

```
@ refresh listing
f4 display only lines matching provided query (provide empty query to clear filtering)
* space-separated list of query strings, currently supported filters are:
* t[ype]=c[ontainer[s]]
* t[ype]=i[mage[s]]
* s[tate]=r[unning])
example query may be:
* "type=container" - show only containers (short equivalent is "t=c")
* "type=image fedora" - show images with string "fedora" in name (equivalent "t=i fedora")
```

## Image commands in listing

```
i inspect image
d remove image (irreversible!)
enter display detailed info about image (when layer is focused)
```

## Container commands in listing

```
i inspect container
l display logs of container
f follow logs of container
d remove container (irreversible!)
t stop container
s start container
r restart container
p pause container
u unpause container
X kill container
```

## Tree buffer

```
enter display detailed info about image (opens image info buffer)
```

## Image info buffer

```
d remove image tag (when image name is focused)
enter display detailed info about image (when layer is focused)
i inspect image (when layer is focused)
```


# Why I started sen?

Since I started using docker, I always dreamed of having a docker TUI. Something like [tig](https://github.com/jonas/tig), [htop](http://hisham.hm/htop/) or [alot](https://github.com/pazz/alot). Some appeared over time. Such as [docker-mon](https://github.com/icecrime/docker-mon) or [ctop](https://github.com/yadutaf/ctop). Unfortunately, those are not proper docker TUIs. They are meant for monitoring and diagnostics.

So I realized that if I want make my dream come true, I need to do it myself. That's where I started working on *sen* (*dream* in Slovak).