Doku¶

Doku is a lightweight web application that helps you monitor Docker disk usage through a clean, intuitive interface.

Quick Start¶

For those eager to get started, here’s the fastest way to run Doku:

docker run -d -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro -v /:/hostroot:ro -p 9090:9090 amerkurev/doku

Then open http://localhost:9090/ in your browser. That’s it!

This command runs Doku with default settings and read-only access to your Docker socket and filesystem. See the sections below for more detailed setup options.

doku_screenshot

Features¶

Doku monitors disk space used by:

Images
Containers
Volumes
Builder cache
Overlay2 storage (typically the largest consumer of disk space)
Container logs
Bind mounts

Getting Doku¶

Pull the latest release from the Docker Hub:

docker pull amerkurev/doku:latest

Using Doku¶

The simplest way to use Doku is to run the Docker container. You’ll need to mount two key resources:

The Docker Unix socket with -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
The top-level directory (/) of the host machine with -v /:/hostroot:ro

The root directory mount is critical for Doku to calculate disk usage of logs, bind mounts, and especially Overlay2 storage. Without this mount, many key features of Doku will not function properly.

docker run --name doku -d -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro -v /:/hostroot:ro -p 9090:9090 amerkurev/doku

Important: All host mounts are in read-only (ro) mode. This ensures Doku can only read data and cannot modify or delete any files on your host system. Doku is strictly a monitoring tool and never performs any cleanup or disk space reclamation actions on its own.

For more advanced configurations, you can add SSL certificates, authentication, and environment variables:

docker run -d --name doku \
    --env-file=.env \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
    -v /:/hostroot:ro \
    -v ${PWD}/.htpasswd:/.htpasswd \
    -v ${PWD}/.ssl/key.pem:/.ssl/key.pem \
    -v ${PWD}/.ssl/cert.pem:/.ssl/cert.pem \
    -p 9090:9090 \
    amerkurev/doku

The --env-file=.env option allows you to specify various configuration parameters through environment variables. See the “Configuration Options” section below for details on all available settings.

Doku will be available at http://localhost:9090/. You can change -p 9090:9090 to any port. For example, if you want to view Doku over port 8080 then you would do -p 8080:9090.

Configuration Options¶

Doku can be configured using environment variables. You can set these either directly when running the container or through an environment file passed with --env-file=.env.

Environment Variable	Description	Default
HOST	Interface address to bind the server to	0.0.0.0
PORT	Web interface port number	9090
LOG_LEVEL	Logging detail level (debug, info, warning, error, critical)	info
SI	Use SI units (base 1000) instead of binary units (base 1024)	true
BASIC_HTPASSWD	Path to the htpasswd file for basic authentication	/.htpasswd
ROOT_PATH	URL prefix when served behind a proxy (e.g., “/doku”)	”“
SCAN_INTERVAL	How often to collect basic Docker usage data (in seconds)	60
SCAN_LOGFILE_INTERVAL	How frequently to check container log sizes (in seconds)	300
SCAN_BINDMOUNTS_INTERVAL	Time between bind mount scanning operations (in seconds)	3600
BINDMOUNT_IGNORE_PATTERNS	Paths matching these patterns will be excluded from bind mount scanning (semicolon-separated) (e.g., `/home/;/tmp/;/.git/`)	”“
SCAN_OVERLAY2_INTERVAL	How often to analyze Overlay2 storage (in seconds)	86400
DISABLE_OVERLAY2_SCAN	Disable Overlay2 storage scanning	false
SCAN_INTENSITY	Performance impact level: “aggressive” (highest CPU usage), “normal” (balanced), or “light” (lowest impact)	normal
SCAN_USE_DU	Use the faster system `du` command for disk calculations instead of slower built-in methods	true
UVICORN_WORKERS	Number of web server worker processes	1
DEBUG	Enable debug mode	false
DOCKER_HOST	Connection string for the Docker daemon	unix:///var/run/docker.sock
DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY	Enable TLS verification for Docker daemon connection	false
DOCKER_CERT_PATH	Directory containing Docker TLS certificates	null
DOCKER_VERSION	Docker API version to use	auto
DOCKER_TIMEOUT	Timeout in seconds for Docker API requests	60
DOCKER_MAX_POOL_SIZE	Maximum number of connections in the Docker API connection pool	10
DOCKER_USE_SSH_CLIENT	Use SSH for Docker daemon connection instead of HTTP/HTTPS	false

Example .env file¶

Here’s an example .env file with some commonly adjusted settings:

PORT=9090 
LOG_LEVEL=info 
SI=true
DOCKER_TIMEOUT=200 
SCAN_INTERVAL=200 
SCAN_INTENSITY=light 
DEBUG=false

To use an environment file with Docker, include it when running the container:

docker run -d --name doku --env-file=.env -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro -v /:/hostroot:ro -p 9090:9090 amerkurev/doku

This loads all the variables from your .env file and applies them to Doku’s configuration.

Basic Authentication¶

Doku supports HTTP basic authentication to secure access to the web interface. Follow these steps to enable it:

Create an htpasswd file with bcrypt-encrypted passwords:

htpasswd -cbB .htpasswd admin yourpassword

Add additional users with:

htpasswd -bB .htpasswd another_user anotherpassword

Mount the htpasswd file when running Doku:

docker run -d --name doku \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
    -v /:/hostroot:ro \
    -v ${PWD}/.htpasswd:/.htpasswd \
    -p 9090:9090 \
    amerkurev/doku

If you want to use a custom path for the htpasswd file, specify it with the BASIC_HTPASSWD environment variable:

docker run -d --name doku \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
    -v /:/hostroot:ro \
    -v ${PWD}/custom/path/.htpasswd:/auth/.htpasswd \
    -e BASIC_HTPASSWD=/auth/.htpasswd \
    -p 9090:9090 \
    amerkurev/doku

Authentication will be required for all requests to Doku once enabled.

Supported Architectures¶

Doku container images are available for the following platforms:

linux/amd64
linux/arm64

The multi-arch images are automatically selected based on your host platform when pulling from Docker Hub.

License¶

MIT