Connect Docker Client to Remote Docker Host

This article will help to connect a Docker client to a remote Docker host Server.

Prerequisites:

Docker Server is installed on remote Docker host server 

Docker Client is installed on the client machine.

Docker Client must have ssh connectivity with the remote server

To Setup the ssh key

On Docker Client 

$ ssh-keygen

$ cat /<<user>>/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

copy these contents and got to remote server

On Docker Remote Server

append the content of client's ssh key to /<<user>>/.ssh/authorizedkeys

On Docker Client 

$ export DOCKER_HOST=ssh://<<user>>@<<RemoteIP>>

Now your client is connected to Remote Host Machine.

if you run docker commands it will connect to Remote Docker server.

How to disconnect to Remote server

$  unset DOCKER_HOST