Docker has established itself as a key player in the IT world with many companies adopting it in the production environment. I will go through some docker commands that will be handy while using the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$docker\n\nOnce docker is successfully installed and setup, this command will list available options and command you can use in combination to interact with docker engine<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker version\n\nThis command lists installed version of client and server docker engine in the system<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker info\n\nThis command shows various information related to the docker installation<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker login\n\nLogin into docker registry to push\/pull images<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker image ls\n\nList all the downloaded images<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker ps\n\nList running containers\n\n$docker ps -a\n\nList all the containers including stopped ones\n\n$docker ps -l\n\nList last exited container<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker run\n\nStart a container.\nE.g.\n$docker run -it --rm -p <hostport>:<containerport> --name <containername> <imagename>:<tag> <shell> -c <command 1;command 2>\n\nAbove command starts a container with provided name using image with specified tag. It also starts given shell after the container starts and runs given commands. The --rm flag deletes the container once it is exited. The -p flag maps host port to the container port. If the host port is not given, docker uses a random port.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker attach\n\nConnect to a running container\nUsage:\n$docker attach <containerID\/Name><\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker exec\n\nRun a new command in a running container<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker logs\n\nView logs of a container<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker kill\n\nKill one or more container<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker rm\n\nRemove one or more containers<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker network\n\nManage networks used by containers\n\n$docker network create\n\nCreate a new network\n\n$docker network connect\n\nConnect a container to a network\nUsage:\n$docker network connect <network_name> <container_name>\n\n$docker network disconnect\n\nDisconnect a network from a container\n\n$docker network ls\n\nList all networks\n\n$docker network prune\n\nDelete all unused networks\n\n$docker network rm\n\nRemove one or more networks<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker commit\n\nCreate a new image from a container\nUsage:\n$docker commit <container ID\/Name> <ImageName>:<Tag> \n\nIf the tag is not provided, docker uses latest as default tag.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker tag \n\nCreate a new image or update the tag of an existing image<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker pull\n\nPull an image from docker registry<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker push\n\nPush an image to docker registry<\/pre>\n\n\n\n$docker rmi\n\nRemove and\/or untag image<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nFor more detail information, visit docker’s official documentation page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Docker has established itself as a key player in the IT world with many companies adopting it in the production environment. I will go through some docker commands that will be handy while using the service. $docker Once docker is successfully installed and setup, this command will list available options and command you can use […]<\/p>\n