docker-create - Man Page
Create a new container
Synopsis
docker create [Options] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]
Description
Alias for docker container create
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Options
- --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