Chapter 2. The Containers Page
Abstract
The Containers page is the home page for managing the containers in a fabric.
Overview
Containers are managed from the Containers page. You access this page by selecting from the main menu.
The Containers page lists all of the containers deployed into the fabric. It also provides buttons to manage the containers. It is broken down into three areas:
- Controls—buttons that allow you to edit and view details about the individual containers
- Container List—lists all of the containers deployed into the fabric
- Container Summary—shows basic information about the container selected in the container list
Controls
The controls are located across the top of the page. They consist of several buttons:
- —creates a new managed container in the fabric
- —change one or more containers to a new profile version
- —stops the selected container
- —starts the selected container
- —delete the selected containerImportantDeleting a container not only removes it from the fabric, it also removes all of the data and binary artifacts associated with the container from its host.
- —add configuration profiles to the selected containerImportantThe new profiles are immediately loaded into the live container.
- —opens the Container Details page for the selected container
Container List
Lists all of the containers in the fabric. For each container the list displays:
- the container's name
- if the container is active and successfully provisioned
- the profile version the container is using
Container Summary
Provides basic details for the selected container. This information includes:
- the container's name
- the container's status
- the container's profile revision
- the container's profiles
- the container's location
- the container's provision status
- the container's CPU usage
- the free memory
- the container's heap usage
