Docker Cheatsheet

• Create a container (without starting it):

docker create [IMAGE]

• Rename an existing container

docker rename [CONTAINER_NAME] [NEW_CONTAINER_NAME]

• Run a command in a new container

docker run [IMAGE] [COMMAND]

• Remove container after it exits

docker run --rm [IMAGE]

• Start a container and keep it running

docker run -td [IMAGE]

• Start a container and creates an interactive bash shell in the container

docker run -it [IMAGE]

• Create, Start, and run a command inside the container and remove the container after executing command.

docker run -it-rm [IMAGE]

• Execute command inside already running container.

docker exec -it [container]

• Delete a container (if it is not running)

docker rm [CONTAINER]

• Update the configuration of the container

docker update [CONTAINER]

• Start Container

docker start [CONTAINER]

• Stop running Container

docker stop [CONTAINER]

• Stop running Container and start it again

docker restart [CONTAINER]

• Pause processes in a running container

docker pause [CONTAINER]

• Unpause processes in a running container

docker unpause [CONTAINER]

• Block a container until others stop

docker wait [CONTAINER]

• Kill a container by sending a SIGKILL to a running container

docker kill [CONTAINER]

• Attach local standard input, output, and error streams to a running container

docker attach [CONTAINER]

• Create an image from a Dockerfile

docker build [URL/FILE]

• Create an image from a Dockerfile with Tags

docker build -t <tag> [URL/FILE]

• Pull an image from a registry

docker pull [IMAGE]

• Push an image to a registry

docker push [IMAGE]

• Create an image from a tarball

docker import [URL/FILE]

• Create an image from a container

docker commit [CONTAINER] [NEW_IMAGE_NAME]

• Remove an image

docker rmi [IMAGE]

• Load an image from a tar archive or stdin

docker load [TAR_FILE/STDIN_FILE]

• Save an image to a tar archive

docker save [IMAGE]> [TAR_FILE]

• List running containers

docker ps

• Lists both running containers and ones that have stopped

docker ps -a

• List the logs from a running container

docker logs [CONTAINER]

• List low-level information on Docker objects

docker inspect [OBJECT_NAME/ID]

• List real-time events from a container

docker events [CONTAINER]

• Show port mapping for a container

docker port [CONTAINER]

• Show running processes in a container

docker top [CONTAINER]

• Show live resource usage statistics of container

docker stats [CONTAINER]

• Show changes to files (or directories) on a filesystem

docker diff [CONTAINER]

• List all images that are locally stored with the docker engine

docker [image] ls

• Show the history of an image

docker history [IMAGE]

• List networks

docker network ls

• Remove one or more networks

docker network rm [NETWORK]

• Show information on one or more networks

docker network inspect [NETWORK]

• Connects a container to a network

docker network connect [NETWORK] [CONTAINER]

• Disconnect a container from a network

docker network disconnect [NETWORK] [CONTAINER]

• System Info

docker system info

• Used disk space

docker system df

• Delete unused data and disk cleanup

docker system prune -af