Docker Container Health Check Runbook

---
name: "Docker Container Health Check Runbook"
slug: "docker-container-health-check-runbook"
description: "Runs systematic health diagnostics on Docker containers using docker inspect, docker stats, and the Docker Engine API. Checks resource limits, network connectivity, and volume mount integrity."
github_stars: 71492
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/moby/moby"
category: "Runbooks & Diagnostics"
framework: "Cursor"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "moby/moby"
  github_stars: 71492
---

# Docker Container Health Check Runbook

Runs systematic health diagnostics on Docker containers using docker inspect, docker stats, and the Docker Engine API. Checks resource limits, network connectivity, and volume mount integrity.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Docker Engine releases are tagged with a **docker-** prefix (e.g. docker-v29.0.0 for Docker Engine 29.0.0).

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable and accelerate software containerization.
- ## Relationship with Docker
- The components and tools in the Moby Project are initially the open source components that Docker and the community have built for the Docker Project.

- Source: https://github.com/moby/moby
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moby/moby/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/docker-container-health-check-runbook/)