Docker Commands!
NotesApril 10, 2018
Parthvi Vala
BUILD
- Build a docker image with the help of Dockerfile using –
docker build -t image_name directory
- -t tag is used tag the container image. It’s followed by a desired container image name. If we do not provide this tag, the image will not have any name.
- directory is the directory whose contents are to be copied inside the container.
RUN
- Create a new container using –
docker run image_name
- This command creates a new container to run the application based on the image.
docker run -d image_name
- -d tag runs the container in detached mode.
- Usually the container exits as soon as it is used or as soon as we abruptly stop the container. But running a container in the detached mode runs the container which runs forever, until we explicitly stop it.
- This command exits after returning the container ID.
docker run -d -p local_port:container_port image_name
- -p tag is used to specify the port number. local_port will be used as a proxy for the the container_port in the local environment. Meaning to say that – requests coming to port container_port(example – 80) inside the container will come to port local_port(example – 4000) in local/host environment.
PS
docker ps
- Just like linux
ps
command, this docker command also prints out the list of all running containers. docker ps -a
- -a tag prints a list of all the containers, including exited containers.
docker ps -f category=value
- -f tag is used to filter out containers. It is followed by a filter category and the category value. Look at the last command in below image to see the different types of category. Pretty zsh autocomplete😊!
docker ps -q
- -q tag is used to print only container ids.
RM
- Containers can be removed with the help of
docker rm container_name
- We can even use container ID instead of container name.
- A container can only be deleted if it is not running currently.
docker rm container_1 container_2
- We can even remove multiple containers all at once, by specifying container name/ID separated by spaces.
docker rm $(docker ps -a -q -f category=value)
- We can even remove multiple containers at once by the above command.
$(docker ps -q -f category=value)
– this command will pipe IDs of containers that satisfy the given filter.
RMI
- Container base images can be removed/deleted with the help of –
docker rmi image_name
.- We can even use image ID instead of image name.
- An image can only be deleted if –
- It has no active containers running.
- No other image is dependent on it.
⭐To check the total number of containers or images running or exited or whatever, use this –
- Check number of images –
docker images | wc -l
- Check number of containers running –
docker ps | wc -l
- Check the number of containers running for an image –
docker ps | grep imagename | wc -l
Saviours – [1]Docker – Get Started, [2]Docker Curriculum