Docker Basic Commands
COMMANDS DESCRIPTIONS
systemctl start docker Start Docker service
systemctl restart docker Restart Docker service
systemctl enable docker Enable Docker to start at reboot
systemctl status docker Check Docker service status
docker –version Check Docker version
docker info Print Docker information in detail
Check disk space being used by your
docker system df
containers
Docker Container Commands
docker ps Or docker container ls List only running containers
docker ps -a Or docker container ls -a List both running and stopped containers
docker ps -l List the latest created containers
docker ps -s List all containers by their size
docker ps -qa List all containers by their ID
docker stats Show running container stats
docker start container-name Start a container
docker restart container-name Restart a container
docker stop container-name Stop a container
docker stop $(docker ps -aq) Stop all running container
docker exec -it container-name /bin/bash SSH into container
docker logs container-name Check log of a container
docker top container-name Check the running process in a container
docker inspect -f “{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}”
Check the IP address of a container
container-name
docker container rename oldname newname Rename a container
Docker Run Commands
docker container run –name container image Run a container from an image
docker container run -d image-name Run a container in detached mode
docker container run -it image-name /bin/bash Run a container in interactive mode
docker container run -d -p [host-port]:[container-
Run a container and publish a container port
port] image-name
Run a container that automatically removes a
docker container run –rm image-name
container when it exits
Copy a File Between Container and Host
docker cp container-name:/file/path /host/path Copy a file from container to host
docker cp /host/file/path container-name:/path/ Copy a file from host to container
Docker Image Commands
docker images List all Docker images
docker tag oldname:tag newname:tag Rename an image
docker search image-name Search available images on the Docker Hub
docker history image-name Check command history of any image
docker build -t image-name Dockerfile Build an Image from Dockerfile
Docker Registry and Repository
docker login Login to Docker registry
docker logout Logout from a Docker registry
docker search image-name Search an image from the Docker registry
docker pull myimage:tag Pull an image from a registry
docker push myrepo/myimage Push an image to registry
Import and Export Container and Image
docker save -o image.tar image-name Export an image to a TAR archive
docker load < image.tar Import an image from a TAR archive
docker commit container-name image-name Create an image from a container
docker export container-name > container.tar Export a container to a TAR archive
docker import container-name < container.tar Import a container from TAR archive
Remove Container, Image, Network and Volume
docker container rm container-name Remove a stopped container
docker container prune -f Remove all stopped container
docker rmi image-name Remove an unused Docker image
docker rmi $(docker images -a -q) Remove all unused Docker images
docker image prune -a Remove all dangling images
Remove unused and dangling images,
docker system prune -af
networks, containers, and volumes
docker volume rm volume-name Remove a Docker volume
docker network rm network-name Remove a Docker network
