docker - Man Page

• List all Docker containers (running and stopped): docker [ps|container ls] [-a|--all]
• Start a container from an image, with a custom name: docker [run|container run] --name container_name image
• Start or stop an existing container: docker container start|stop container_name
• Pull an image from a Docker registry: docker [pull|image pull] image
• Display the list of already downloaded images: docker [images|image ls]
• Open an interactive tty with Bourne shell (sh) inside a running container: docker [exec|container exec] [-it|--interactive --tty] container_name sh
• Remove stopped containers: docker [rm|container rm] container1 container2 ...
• Fetch and follow the logs of a container: docker [logs|container logs] [-f|--follow] container_name

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docker [Options] COMMAND [ARG...]

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

docker 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 explains usage and arguments.

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

--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.

Use "docker help" or "docker --help" to get an overview of available commands.

For specific client examples see the man page for the specific Docker command. For example:

man docker-run

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

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