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docker orphaned overlay2 cleanup script
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#!/bin/bash | |
# partly based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/72548686 | |
[[ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]] || exec sudo /bin/bash -c "$(printf '%q ' "$BASH_SOURCE" "$@")" | |
progname=$(basename $0) | |
quiet=false | |
no_dry_run=false | |
while getopts ":qn" opt; do | |
case "$opt" in | |
q) | |
quiet=true | |
;; | |
n) | |
no_dry_run=true | |
;; | |
?) | |
echo "unexpected option ${opt}" | |
echo "usage: ${progname} [-q|--quiet]" | |
echo " -q: no output" | |
echo " -n: no dry run (will remove unused directories)" | |
exit 1 | |
;; | |
esac | |
done | |
shift "$(($OPTIND -1))" | |
[[ ${quiet} = false ]] || exec /bin/bash -c "$(printf '%q ' "$BASH_SOURCE" "$@")" > /dev/null | |
images=( $(docker image ls --all --format "{{.ID}}") ) | |
mounted=$(mount | grep "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/") | |
dirs=( $(find /var/lib/docker/overlay2 -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -path ./l -exec basename {} \;) ) | |
unused=() | |
echo "Scanning for used overlays2 dirs." | |
for d in "${dirs[@]}"; do | |
used=0 | |
dname=${d//"-init"/} | |
# check for mounted overlays | |
echo ${mounted} | grep -q ${dname} | |
if [[ $? = 0 ]]; then | |
continue | |
fi | |
# check for overlays being used by images | |
for id in ${images[@]}; do | |
docker inspect $id | grep -q $dname | |
if [[ $? = 0 ]]; then | |
used=1 | |
break | |
fi | |
done | |
# if not used add to unused array | |
if [[ ${used} -eq 0 ]]; then | |
unused+=("${d}") | |
fi | |
done | |
if [ ${#unused[@]} -gt 0 ]; then | |
[[ ${no_dry_run} = true ]] || echo "Could remove: (to automatically remove, use the -n, "'"'"no-dry-run"'"'" flag)" | |
for d in "${unused[@]}"; do | |
if [[ ${no_dry_run} = true ]]; then | |
echo "Removing /var/lib/docker/overlay2/${d}" | |
rm -rf /var/lib/docker/overlay2/${d} | |
else | |
echo " /var/lib/docker/overlay2/${d}" | |
fi | |
done | |
echo Done | |
else | |
echo "All overlay2 directories are used, nothing to clean up." | |
fi |
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