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• List currently running docker containers:

docker container ls

• List all docker containers (running and stopped):

docker container ls -a

• Start a container:

docker container start container

• Stop a container:

docker container stop container

• Start a container from an image and get a shell inside of it:

docker container run -it image bash

• Run a command inside of an already running container:

docker container exec container command

• Remove a stopped container:

docker container rm container

• Fetch and follow the logs of a container:

docker container logs -f container

tldr.sh

docker [Options] COMMAND [ARG...]

docker daemon [--help|...]

docker [--help|-v|--version]

is a client for interacting with the daemon (see dockerd(8)) through the CLI.

The Docker CLI has over 30 commands. The commands are listed below and each has its own man page which explain usage and arguments.

To see the man page for a command run man docker <command>.

--help

Print usage statement

--config=""

Specifies the location of the Docker client configuration files. The default is ' /.docker'.

-D, --debug=true|false

Enable debug mode. Default is false.

-H, --host=[unix:///var/run/docker.sock]: tcp://[host]:[port][path] to bind or unix://[/path/to/socket] to use.

The socket(s) to bind to in daemon mode specified using one or more
 tcp://host:port/path, unix:///path/to/socket, fd://* or fd://socketfd.
 If the tcp port is not specified, then it will default to either 2375 when
 --tls is off, or 2376 when --tls is on, or --tlsverify is specified.

-l, --log-level="debug|info|warn|error|fatal"

Set the logging level. Default is info.

--tls=true|false

Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify. Default is false.

--tlscacert= /.docker/ca.pem

Trust certs signed only by this CA.

--tlscert= /.docker/cert.pem

Path to TLS certificate file.

--tlskey= /.docker/key.pem

Path to TLS key file.

--tlsverify=true|false

Use TLS and verify the remote (daemon: verify client, client: verify daemon).
 Default is false.

-v, --version=true|false

Print version information and quit. Default is false.

attach
 Attach to a running container
 See docker-attach(1) for full documentation on the attach command.

build
 Build an image from a Dockerfile
 See docker-build(1) for full documentation on the build command.

commit
 Create a new image from a container's changes
 See docker-commit(1) for full documentation on the commit command.

cp
 Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
 See docker-cp(1) for full documentation on the cp command.

create
 Create a new container
 See docker-create(1) for full documentation on the create command.

diff
 Inspect changes on a container's filesystem
 See docker-diff(1) for full documentation on the diff command.

events
 Get real time events from the server
 See docker-events(1) for full documentation on the events command.

exec
 Run a command in a running container
 See docker-exec(1) for full documentation on the exec command.

export
 Stream the contents of a container as a tar archive
 See docker-export(1) for full documentation on the export command.

history
 Show the history of an image
 See docker-history(1) for full documentation on the history command.

images
 List images
 See docker-images(1) for full documentation on the images command.

import
 Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball
 See docker-import(1) for full documentation on the import command.

info
 Display system-wide information
 See docker-info(1) for full documentation on the info command.

inspect
 Return low-level information on a container or image
 See docker-inspect(1) for full documentation on the inspect command.

kill
 Kill a running container (which includes the wrapper process and everything inside it)
 See docker-kill(1) for full documentation on the kill command.

load
 Load an image from a tar archive
 See docker-load(1) for full documentation on the load command.

login
 Log in to a Docker Registry
 See docker-login(1) for full documentation on the login command.

logout
 Log the user out of a Docker Registry
 See docker-logout(1) for full documentation on the logout command.

logs
 Fetch the logs of a container
 See docker-logs(1) for full documentation on the logs command.

pause
 Pause all processes within a container
 See docker-pause(1) for full documentation on the pause command.

port
 Lookup the public-facing port which is NAT-ed to PRIVATE_PORT
 See docker-port(1) for full documentation on the port command.

ps
 List containers
 See docker-ps(1) for full documentation on the ps command.

pull
 Pull an image or a repository from a Docker Registry
 See docker-pull(1) for full documentation on the pull command.

push
 Push an image or a repository to a Docker Registry
 See docker-push(1) for full documentation on the push command.

rename
 Rename a container.
 See docker-rename(1) for full documentation on the rename command.

restart
 Restart one or more containers
 See docker-restart(1) for full documentation on the restart command.

rm
 Remove one or more containers
 See docker-rm(1) for full documentation on the rm command.

rmi
 Remove one or more images
 See docker-rmi(1) for full documentation on the rmi command.

run
 Run a command in a new container
 See docker-run(1) for full documentation on the run command.

save
 Save an image to a tar archive
 See docker-save(1) for full documentation on the save command.

search
 Search for an image in the Docker index
 See docker-search(1) for full documentation on the search command.

start
 Start a container
 See docker-start(1) for full documentation on the start command.

stats
 Display a live stream of one or more containers' resource usage statistics
 See docker-stats(1) for full documentation on the stats command.

stop
 Stop a container
 See docker-stop(1) for full documentation on the stop command.

tag
 Tag an image into a repository
 See docker-tag(1) for full documentation on the tag command.

top
 Lookup the running processes of a container
 See docker-top(1) for full documentation on the top command.

unpause
 Unpause all processes within a container
 See docker-unpause(1) for full documentation on the unpause command.

version
 Show the Docker version information
 See docker-version(1) for full documentation on the version command.

wait
 Block until a container stops, then print its exit code
 See docker-wait(1) for full documentation on the wait command.

Use the --exec-opt flags to specify options to the execution driver. The following options are available:

man docker-run

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work.

docker-attach(1), pmdadocker(1).