Docker Socket

$ curl --silent -XGET --unix-socket /run/docker.sock http://localhost/version

$ curl --silent -XGET --unix-socket /run/docker.sock http://localhost/containers/json

$ curl --silent -XGET --unix-socket /run/docker.sock http://localhost/images/json

CONTAINER_NAME="java-test"
$ curl \
  --silent \
  --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock \
  "http:/containers/create?name=${CONTAINER_NAME}" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "Image": "openjdk:8u111-jre-alpine", "Cmd": [ "java", "-version" ] }' | jq '.'
 
  {
    "Id": "602995e0d277e67417d9ad142959db7853a788bcd079ac33a72e24fb2db2f33c",
    "Warnings": null
  }