Docker Commands

Docker Commands #

Basic Commands #

docker run #

The docker run command is used to run a container from an image. The command will pull the image from the registry if it is not already present on the host.

docker run <image>

docker ps #

The docker ps command is used to list the running containers on the host.

docker ps

docker ps -a #

The docker ps -a command is used to list all containers on the host.

docker ps -a

docker images #

The docker images command is used to list all images on the host.

docker images

docker pull #

The docker pull command is used to pull an image from the registry.

docker pull <image>

docker stop #

The docker stop command is used to stop a running container.

docker stop <container>

docker rm #

The docker rm command is used to remove a container.

docker rm <container>

docker rmi #

The docker rmi command is used to remove an image.

docker rmi <image>

docker exec #

The docker exec command is used to execute a command in a running container.

docker exec <container> <command>

docker logs #

The docker logs command is used to view the logs of a container.

docker logs <container>

docker inspect #

The docker inspect command is used to view the details of a container.

docker inspect <container>

docker build #

The docker build command is used to build an image from a Dockerfile.

docker build -t <image> .

docker push #

The docker push command is used to push an image to the registry.

docker push <image>

docker tag #

The docker tag command is used to tag an image.

docker tag <image> <tag>

docker login #

The docker login command is used to login to the registry.

docker login

docker logout #

The docker logout command is used to logout of the registry.

docker logout

docker network #

The docker network command is used to manage Docker networks.

docker network ls

docker volume #

The docker volume command is used to manage Docker volumes.

docker volume ls

docker system #

The docker system command is used to manage Docker system.

docker system df

docker stats #

The docker stats command is used to view the resource usage of containers.

docker stats

docker top #

The docker top command is used to view the processes running in a container.

docker top <container>

docker port #

The docker port command is used to view the port mappings of a container.

docker port <container>

docker version #

The docker version command is used to view the Docker version.

docker version

docker info #

The docker info command is used to view the Docker system information.

docker info

Advanced Commands #

docker run -d #

The docker run -d command is used to run a container in detached mode.

docker run -d <image>

docker run -it #

The docker run -it command is used to run a container in interactive mode.

docker run -it <image>

docker run -p #

The docker run -p command is used to publish a container’s port to the host.

docker run -p <host-port>:<container-port> <image>

docker run -v #

The docker run -v command is used to mount a volume to a container.

docker run -v <host-path>:<container-path> <image>

docker run –name #

The docker run --name command is used to name a container.

docker run --name <name> <image>

docker run –rm #

The docker run --rm command is used to remove a container after it exits.

docker run --rm <image>

docker run –network #

The docker run --network command is used to run a container in a network.

docker run --network <network> <image>

docker run –env #

The docker run --env command is used to set environment variables in a container.

docker run --env <key>=<value> <image>

docker run –link #

The docker run --link command is used to link a container to another container.

docker run --link <container> <image>

docker run –restart #

The docker run --restart command is used to restart a container on failure.

docker run --restart <policy> <image>

docker run –privileged #

The docker run --privileged command is used to run a container in privileged mode.

docker run --privileged <image>

docker run –user #

The docker run --user command is used to run a container as a specific user.

docker run --user <user> <image>

docker run –cpus #

The docker run --cpus command is used to limit the CPU usage of a container.

docker run --cpus <number> <image>

docker run –memory #

The docker run --memory command is used to limit the memory usage of a container.

docker run --memory <number> <image>

docker run –memory-swap #

The docker run --memory-swap command is used to limit the swap memory usage of a container.

docker run --memory-swap <number> <image>

docker run –memory-swappiness #

The docker run --memory-swappiness command is used to set the swappiness of a container.

docker run --memory-swappiness <number> <image>

docker run –cpu-shares #

The docker run --cpu-shares command is used to set the CPU shares of a container.

docker run --cpu-shares <number> <image>

docker run –cpu-period #

The docker run --cpu-period command is used to set the CPU period of a container.

docker run --cpu-period <number> <image>

docker run –cpu-quota #

The docker run --cpu-quota command is used to set the CPU quota of a container.

docker run --cpu-quota <number> <image>

docker run –cpuset-cpus #

The docker run --cpuset-cpus command is used to set the CPU cores of a container.

docker run --cpuset-cpus <number> <image>

docker run –cpuset-mems #

The docker run --cpuset-mems command is used to set the CPU memory nodes of a container.

docker run --cpuset-mems <number> <image>