dozzle/docs/guide/shell.md

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Container Shell Access

Attaching and Executing Commands

Dozzle supports attaching or executing commands within containers. It provides a web-based interface to interact with Docker containers, allowing users to attach to running containers and execute commands directly from the browser. This feature is particularly useful for debugging and troubleshooting containerized applications. This feature is disabled by default as it may pose security risks. To enable it, set the DOZZLE_ENABLE_SHELL environment variable to true.

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docker run --volume=/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -p 8080:8080 amir20/dozzle --enable-shell

services:
  dozzle:
    image: amir20/dozzle:latest
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    environment:
      DOZZLE_ENABLE_SHELL: true

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Note

Shell access only works in Docker containers. This includes agents, remote, swarm and local mode. Support for Kubernetes is planned, but it is not yet available.