Option to use compose service name instead of container name

[aasmoe]

Describe the feature you would like to see

Dozzle beautifully groups containers by stack, but since my setup requires not setting explicit container names, all containers are listed with project name prefixed. This is not so beautiful.

Could there be an option to use the docker compose service names as display name instead of container name?

Describe how you would like to see this feature implemented

docker comopse -p <stackname> ps returns service name along with container name. There are probably other ways to get it with the API.

In the UI there could be toggle for using this type of container display name.

Describe any alternatives you've considered

• Use dev.dozzle.name labels. This solves the problem! But requires manually setting labels for each container.
• Another approach to removing stack name could be to detect if the stack name is prefixed and remove it before listing the container.

[amir20]

That's an interesting idea. I wonder how docker compose -p ... ps works. I don't see a service name in the API. I could strip the stack name myself, but I hope there's a better way.

[amir20]

Seem like com.docker.compose.service label is the right thing to use 🤔

[aasmoe]

Cool, I did a small test with that:

func newContainer(c docker.Summary, host string) container.Container {
	name := c.Labels["com.docker.compose.service"]

The result is exactly like the second picture above, i.e. perfect. I guess that will not be a value in all running containers, only those ran using docker compose. So it would need fallback.

[amir20]

That's right. But I think the logic needs to be in the UI and not backend. If a container is grouped under the stack name, then it should use service name. Which is a bit different. I'll keep this open until I can get to it. If you time a PR would be appreciated too.

[amir20]

Can you test #4358 with amir20/dozzle:pr-4358? I realized I already had some logic for this and with this change, I might have broken something else. So a through testing would be great.

LMK.

[amir20]

Moving to discussion. People can upvote or suggest better options. Closed the PR as it turns out container_name needs to be respected and there is no easy way.