docker - Man Page

• List currently running docker containers: docker ps
• List all docker containers (running and stopped): docker ps -a
• Start a container from an image, with a custom name: docker run --name container_name image
• Start or stop an existing container: docker start|stop container_name
• Pull an image from a docker registry: docker pull image
• Open a shell inside of an already running container: docker exec -it container_name sh
• Remove a stopped container: docker rm container_name
• Fetch and follow the logs of a container: docker logs -f container_name

tldr.sh

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 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.

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

For specific client examples please 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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