Arcane Docker Manager

What This Skill Does

The Arcane Docker Manager is a powerful OpenClaw skill designed to interface with the Arcane REST API, providing a centralized control panel for your Docker ecosystem. Whether you are running individual containers or managing complex multi-container environments, this skill acts as an intelligent intermediary. It enables you to list, start, stop, restart, inspect, and remove containers, while also handling more advanced tasks like managing Compose stacks, monitoring real-time system resource usage, and overseeing Docker images, networks, and volumes. By integrating this into OpenClaw, you can orchestrate your server infrastructure using natural language.

Installation

To install this skill, run the following command in your terminal within the OpenClaw environment: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/cougz/arcane-docker-manager After installation, ensure your Arcane API instance is running (defaulting to http://localhost:3552/api). You must configure your base URL and authentication credentials—either a JWT Bearer token or an X-API-Key—within the OpenClaw settings to allow the agent to communicate with the management platform securely.

Use Cases

Use this skill when you need to perform DevOps operations without leaving your chat interface. It is ideal for:

• Rapid troubleshooting: Check container logs or stats when a service fails.
• Lifecycle management: Deploy or tear down temporary Compose stacks for testing.
• Maintenance: Clean up unused Docker images or prune volumes to recover disk space.
• Monitoring: Query the status of your microservices to ensure system health.

Example Prompts

1. "Check the status of all running containers and let me know if any are using high CPU or memory."
2. "Please restart the web-proxy container and then pull the latest image for the database stack."
3. "Show me the last 100 lines of logs for the 'auth-service' container to see why it crashed."

Tips & Limitations

• Security: Always prioritize the use of X-API-Keys for persistent agent access rather than storing raw passwords. Ensure your Arcane API endpoint is protected by a firewall or VPN if accessed over the internet.
• Performance: Large environments with hundreds of containers may result in slower API responses; be specific with filters (e.g., status or search) to improve efficiency.
• Permissions: Ensure the user account connected to the API has the appropriate permissions to execute destructive commands like 'remove' or 'prune' to avoid accidental data loss.