How to run a docker command remotely. i.e. Docker is installed on both your laptop and a remote linux server. You need to run docker command on the linux server but without taking a separate ssh session to the linux machine

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You can use the Docker API to remotely run Docker commands on a Linux server without taking a separate SSH session.

Use the Docker API to interact with the Docker daemon on the remote Linux server.
Make sure Docker is installed and running on both your laptop and the remote server.
Authenticate with the remote server using appropriate credentials.
Establish a connection to the Docker daemon on the remote server using the Docker API.
Send the desired Docker command to the remote server using the Docker API.
Receive and handle the response from the remote server.
Examples: Use Docker SDK for Python, Docker Remote API, or Docker CLI with appropriate flags and options.

Accepted Answer

Set DOCKER_HOST environmental variable.
export DOCKER_HOST=ssh://sammy@your_server_ip

How to run a docker command remotely. i.e. Docker is installed on both your laptop and a remote linux server. You need to run docker command on the linux server but without taking a separate ssh session to the linux machine

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