Docker Devicemapper in Loop-LVM Mode
The loop-lvm mode makes use of a ‘loopback’ mechanism that allows files on the local disk to be read from and written to as if they were an actual physical disk or block device. However, the addition of the loopback mechanism, and interaction with the OS filesystem layer, means that IO operations can be slow and resource-intensive. Use of loopback devices can also introduce race conditions. For this reason this configuration is only appropriate for testing.
Below is an example of an analyzer that will parse the output of docker info to determine if Docker is running with the Devicemapper storage driver in loop-lvm mode.
analyze:
v1:
- name: docker.devicemapper.isLoopback
labels:
iconKey: docker_whale
desiredPosition: "3"
insight:
primary: Devicemapper with loopback
detail: Docker devicemapper driver in loopback config
severity: warn
registerVariables:
- name: driver
fileMatch:
pathRegexps:
- /docker_info\.json
regexpCapture:
regexp: '"Driver": *"([^"]+)"'
index: 1
- name: loopback
fileMatch:
pathRegexps:
- /docker_info\.json
regexpCapture:
regexp: 'Data loop file'
index: 0
evaluateConditions:
- condition:
stringCompare:
eq: devicemapper
variableRef: driver
- condition:
not:
empty: {}
variableRef: loopback
insightOnFalse:
primary: Devicemapper not in loopback
detail: Docker devicemapper driver NOT in loopback config
severity: debug