Docker CLI Commands

Some most frequently used Docker CLI commands

Docker Build

docker build -t repository-name:version .

docker build -t my-service:latest .

docker build -t registry/repository-name:version .

docker build -t registry.azurecr.io/my-service:latest .

docker build -t repository-name-1:version -t repository-name-2:version .

docker build -t my-service-1:1.0.0 -t my-service-2:1.0.0 .

Docker Tag

docker tag exiting-repository-name:version new-repository-name:version

docker tag my-service:latest registry.azurecr.io/my-service:latest

Docker Push

docker push registry/new-repository-name:version

docker push registry.azurecr.io/my-service:latest

Docker Image

List Images

docker images

docker images -a

docker image ls

docker image ls -a

Remove Image(s)

docker rmi <image-id(s) | image-name(s)>

• docker rmi hello-world

• docker rmi hello-world, order-service, 0706874044f0

Remove all images

docker rmi $(docker images -aq)

Docker Container

List Containers

docker ps

docker ps -a

Stop Container(s)

docker stop <container-id(s) | container-name(s)>

• docker stop hello-world

• docker stop hello-world, order-service, item-service

docker stop $(docker ps -aq)

Remove Container(s)

docker rm <container-id(s) | container-name(s)>

• docker rm hello-world

• docker rm hello-world, order-service, item-service

Remove all containers

docker rm $(docker ps -aq)

Look what's happening inside container from outside

docker container top CONTAINER

docker container inspect CONTAINER

docker container stats CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Look what's happening inside container from inside

docker container run -it --name nginx -p 80:80 nginx bash

docker container run exec -it nginx bash

docker container port CONTAINER

tells what ports are open

Docker Run

docker run -d --name my-service-p host's-port:container's-portmy-service

• -d or --detach: run container in detached/background mode and print container ID

• -p or --publish : bind outbound port to inbound port outbound:inbound i.e. 80:8080

• --name : assign a name to the container

• docker run -d --name my-service-p 80:8080 my-service

Docker Network

docker network create network-name

creates bridge type of network with name: network-name

docker network create -d overlay network-name

• creates overlay type of network with name: network-name

• if -d is not specified the default network type is bridge

docker network ls

lists all the networks the Engine daemon knows about

docker network ls --no-trunc

lists all the networks with full network ID

docker network inspect network1 [network2 network3 ...]

returns information about one or more networks

docker network connect NETWORK

attach a network to running container

docker network disconnect NETWORK

detach a network to running container

Docker Volume

docker volume create hello

creates hello named local type of volume

docker volume ls

lists all volumes

Docker Logs

docker logs CONTAINER

retrieves logs present at the time of execution

docker logs -f CONTAINER

follows logs output

docker logs --tail|-n CONTAINER

number of lines to show from the end of the logs

Docker Inspect

docker inspect NAME|ID [NAME|ID...]

returns low-level information of docker objects

Docker exec

docker exec [OPTIONS] CONTAINER COMMAND [ARGS...]

• docker exec -it my-container /bin/sh or

• docker exec -i -t my-container /bin/sh

• run a command in running container

• -i : keep STDIN open even if not attached

• -t : allocate a pseudo-TTY