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Docker Cheatsheet

  • pull a image from remote docker repo
docker pull ubuntu
  • run the image to generate a container
docker run -it ubuntu /bin/bash
  • show all containers
docker ps 
or
docker ps -a
  • start a container
docker start container_id
  • running in background
docker run -d --name container_name ubuntu /bin/bash
  • stop a container
docker stop container_id
  • restart a container
docker restart container_id

classic command

-P (random port)
-p 5000:5000 (mapping app port 5000 to server port 5000)
-d (detach running app on background)
-it (interactive terminal)
  • remove container
docker rm container_id
docker rm -f container_id (force remove container)
  • look up container process
docker top container_id or name