"At-A-Glance" Type Views

[jnovack]

The default container view of all stopped/running containers does not give the viewer any sense of context. Are all services healthy? Are all services up (i.e. 1/1, 3/3, or 9/9)? Is the environment good?

In the container world, I don't care about containers. Kittens vs Cattle. I want to know the environment is healthy, if the stacks are running, if the services are fully scheduled. That's "green" to me.

If I care about a container or diving deep, then let me drill down, but I feel my first layer view should tell me all the things I need to know. Seeing a list of containers, both stopped and running is confusing to know if "my environment is healthy or not". A list of containers is only useful when I have less than 5 containers and I know and care for all of them (kittens). In a "cattle" environment, I care about stacks, services, and health checks. I can't remember the names of all 36 of my running containers.

The stack details view has all the information I need to know I'm good.

All of my services are fully scheduled (1/1 and 3/3), and the last update was what I expected it to be. I don't need to look at any container because I know everything is up.