Small example of docker remote api over ssh tunnel

dock.py

import docker
import bgtunnel
import sys

def list_images(target_host):
   print('Targeting %s' % target_host)
   forwarder = bgtunnel.open(ssh_user="hamiltont",
       silent=True,
       ssh_address=target_host,
       host_port=5555,
       identity_file="/home/hamiltont/.ssh/id_rsa",
       expect_hello=False)

   client = docker.Client(base_url="http://127.0.0.1:%d"
       % forwarder.bind_port)
   return client.images()

if __name__ == '__main__':
  print list_images(sys.argv[1])

Very useful and helpful! Thanks for this!