RiotKit’s Repairman

Keeps an eye on unhealthy and exited containers. Provides Kubernetes-like functionality to non-Kubernetes environments.

Works with docker, docker-compose, in future can possibly work without an issue with any clusters or even on RKT, LXC and others.

Features:

• Automatic restart of unhealthy containers
• Configurable wait time between container restarts
• Maximum restarts in configured time, after that configured longer wait time
• Removing of duplicated services created with hash-prefixes by docker-compose (ex. after watchtower update)
• Notifications to Slack/Mattermost (with configurable levels: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING)
• Configured default settings via environment variables or console switches
• Each service can override default configuration using Docker Labels
• Lightweight and independent! Provides Kubernetes-like functionality to non-Kubernetes environments
• Can run as a docker container
• Health check endpoint

Contents:

• Quick start
  • Using docker container
  • Building and installing a Python package
  • Building a docker image
  • Installing with Python PIP
• Configuration
  • Reference
  • Concept of frames and timing
  • Cleaning up duplicated services
  • Changes between restarts
  • Notifications

From authors

Project was started as a part of RiotKit initiative, for the needs of grassroot organizations such as:

• Fighting for better working conditions syndicalist (International Workers Association for example)
• Tenants rights organizations
• Various grassroot organizations that are helping people to organize themselves without authority

RiotKit Collective