# Docker Integration

Docker is an OS-level virtualization tool to deliver software in packages called **Containers**. Containers are isolated from each other and have their libraries and configuration files bundled; they can communicate with each other through well-defined channels. In other words, docker takes away repetitious and tedious tasks so you and your team can focus on more important things.

## Supported Platforms
The following guide is working on **Linux**, but some details could be quite different based on the OS version.

## Xitoring Docker Integration
If you have servers that are running Docker environments, you need your monitoring service to keep track of Docker statistics and status constantly. Xitoring has a Docker integration that can automatically detect and gather useful data about your Docker Containers, Images, Volumes, and Networks.

### Enabling Docker Integration
Enabling the Docker integration is the easiest part. You just need to execute the following command on your server:

```text
xitogent integrate
```

And select Docker from the list of available integrations. After that, the connection between Xitogent and Docker is enabled and metrics and statistics are available on the Xitoring app.