docker.sock requirement

[baltazartroisville]

Hello!

First, thank you for all the work you put into nginx-ui!

Does nginx-ui not work if docker.sock is not mapped? I thought it was only required if we wanted the Docker control features.
If so, what do you think about letting it run without docker.sock, but with a limited feature set?

With kind regards! 😃

EDIT: I found it out myself, sorry, it already works!

[stoutZero]

For other people looking for the reason for docker.sock requirement, this reason can found in:

app/src/language/generate.ts#L6

Check if /var/run/docker.sock exists. If you are using Nginx UI Official Docker Image, please make sure the docker socket is mounted like this: -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock. Nginx UI official image uses /var/run/docker.sock to communicate with the host Docker Engine via Docker Client API. This feature is used to control Nginx in another container and perform container replacement rather than binary replacement during OTA upgrades of Nginx UI to ensure container dependencies are also upgraded. If you don't need this feature, please add the environment variable NGINX_UI_IGNORE_DOCKER_SOCKET=true to the container.

I honestly still don't perfectly understand it, but I have decided to upgrade nginx-ui via docker compose pull instead of via the web-ui, so maybe I don't need it?