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Docker section

The Docker section (right rail) gathers everything related to the Docker daemon and MicroLab’s containers.

Daemon

Section titled “Daemon”

Shows the Docker daemon’s status: connected, starting or not connected. If it isn’t started, Start Docker launches Docker Desktop and waits for it to respond.

Docker is needed to launch the infrastructure and to run micros in container mode. In the app, starting Docker is a manual action; the CLI (microlab start) starts it on its own.

Infrastructure

Section titled “Infrastructure”
  • Start infrastructure — launches only the infra the selected scenario declares (Kafka, Redis, Postgres…), without the micros.
  • Stop infrastructure — docker compose down of the common infra. It can’t be stopped with the scenario running (stop it first).

Containers

Section titled “Containers”

Lists the running microlab-* containers with their status, health and ports.

  • Remove orphans — deletes the microlab-* containers left over (for example after an abrupt shutdown).

From the CLI

Section titled “From the CLI”

microlab docker status, docker start, microlab infra-up, infra-down, containers, docker-clean.