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docker create [Options] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]

Alias for docker container create.

--add-host=

Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)

-a,  --attach=

Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR

--blkio-weight=0

Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000, or 0 to disable (default 0)

--blkio-weight-device=[]

Block IO weight (relative device weight)

--cap-add=

Add Linux capabilities

--cap-drop=

Drop Linux capabilities

--cgroup-parent=""

Optional parent cgroup for the container

--cidfile=""

Write the container ID to the file

--cpu-count=0

CPU count (Windows only)

--cpu-percent=0

CPU percent (Windows only)

--cpu-period=0

Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period

--cpu-quota=0

Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota

--cpu-rt-period=0

Limit CPU real-time period in microseconds

--cpu-rt-runtime=0

Limit CPU real-time runtime in microseconds

-c,  --cpu-shares=0

CPU shares (relative weight)

--cpus=

Number of CPUs

--cpuset-cpus=""

CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)

--cpuset-mems=""

MEMs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)

--device=

Add a host device to the container

--device-cgroup-rule=

Add a rule to the cgroup allowed devices list

--device-read-bps=[]

Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device

--device-read-iops=[]

Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device

--device-write-bps=[]

Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device

--device-write-iops=[]

Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device

--disable-content-trust[=true]

Skip image verification

--dns=

Set custom DNS servers

--dns-option=

Set DNS options

--dns-search=

Set custom DNS search domains

--domainname=""

Container NIS domain name

--entrypoint=""

Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image

-e,  --env=

Set environment variables

--env-file=

Read in a file of environment variables

--expose=

Expose a port or a range of ports

--gpus=

GPU devices to add to the container ('all' to pass all GPUs)

--group-add=

Add additional groups to join

--health-cmd=""

Command to run to check health

--health-interval=0s

Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)

--health-retries=0

Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy

--health-start-period=0s

Start period for the container to initialize before starting health-retries countdown (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)

--health-timeout=0s

Maximum time to allow one check to run (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)

--help[=false]

Print usage

-h,  --hostname=""

Container host name

--init[=false]

Run an init inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes

-i,  --interactive[=false]

Keep STDIN open even if not attached

--io-maxbandwidth=0

Maximum IO bandwidth limit for the system drive (Windows only)

--io-maxiops=0

Maximum IOps limit for the system drive (Windows only)

--ip=""

IPv4 address (e.g., 172.30.100.104)

--ip6=""

IPv6 address (e.g., 2001:db8::33)

--ipc=""

IPC mode to use

--isolation=""

Container isolation technology

--kernel-memory=0

Kernel memory limit

-l,  --label=

Set meta data on a container

--label-file=

Read in a line delimited file of labels

--link=

Add link to another container

--link-local-ip=

Container IPv4/IPv6 link-local addresses

--log-driver=""

Logging driver for the container

--log-opt=

Log driver options

--mac-address=""

Container MAC address (e.g., 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)

-m,  --memory=0

Memory limit

--memory-reservation=0

Memory soft limit

--memory-swap=0

Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: '-1' to enable unlimited swap

--memory-swappiness=-1

Tune container memory swappiness (0 to 100)

--mount=

Attach a filesystem mount to the container

--name=""

Assign a name to the container

--network=

Connect a container to a network

--network-alias=

Add network-scoped alias for the container

--no-healthcheck[=false]

Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK

--oom-kill-disable[=false]

Disable OOM Killer

--oom-score-adj=0

Tune host's OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000)

--pid=""

PID namespace to use

--pids-limit=0

Tune container pids limit (set -1 for unlimited)

--platform=""

Set platform if server is multi-platform capable

--privileged[=false]

Give extended privileges to this container

-p,  --publish=

Publish a container's port(s) to the host

-P,  --publish-all[=false]

Publish all exposed ports to random ports

--read-only[=false]

Mount the container's root filesystem as read only

--restart="no"

Restart policy to apply when a container exits

--rm[=false]

Automatically remove the container when it exits

--runtime=""

Runtime to use for this container

--security-opt=

Security Options

--shm-size=0

Size of /dev/shm

--stop-signal="SIGTERM"

Signal to stop a container

--stop-timeout=0

Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container

--storage-opt=

Storage driver options for the container

--sysctl=map[]

Sysctl options

--tmpfs=

Mount a tmpfs directory

-t,  --tty[=false]

Allocate a pseudo-TTY

--ulimit=[]

Ulimit options

-u,  --user=""

Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])

--userns=""

User namespace to use

--uts=""

UTS namespace to use

-v,  --volume=

Bind mount a volume

--volume-driver=""

Optional volume driver for the container

--volumes-from=

Mount volumes from the specified container(s)

-w,  --workdir=""

Working directory inside the container

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