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Misc - What are the most common Docker commands?

Wed, 04/18/2018 - 15:44 |

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Here's a list of the common ones:

docker info: returns Docker configuration information.
```
   docker info
```
docker container run: creates and start a container.
```
   docker container run myImageName
```
docker container rm: removes a container
```
   docker container rm containerName
```
Note that the container has to be stopped, unless you use the -f option.

docker container start: starts a container.

   docker container start containerName

docker container stop: stops a container.

   docker container stops containerName

docker container logs: shows the logs for a container
```
   docker container logs containerName
```
docker container ls: lists the running containers.
```
   docker container ls
```
docker container top: lists the process running inside a container
```
   docker container top myContainerName
```
docker container inspect: shows the details of one container
```
   docker container inspect myContainerName
```
docker container stats: show the performance stats of one container
```
   docker container stats myContainerName
```
docker image ls: shows the available images:
```
   docker image ls
```
docker pull: pulls an image from DockerHub
```
   docker pull imageName:tagName
```
docker history: shows the layers
```
    docker history imageName:tagName
```

docker image tag: create an image from another and tag it

   docker image tag sourceImageName:tagName destinationImageName:tagName

docker login: logins to DockerHub.
docker image push: pushes an image to DockerHub.
```
   docker image push imageName
```
docker image build: builds an image from a docker file
```
    docker image build dockerFilePath
```
Kill a container

docker kill hashcode
Use "docker stop" for a more graceful termination
Execute a shell to access a docker container

docker exec -it hashcode sh