Docker Cheat Sheet

docker-cheat-sheet.md

Stop all containers

$ docker stop $(docker ps -q)

Build docker image

$ cd /path/to/Dockerfile
$ sudo docker build .

View running processes

$ sudo docker ps

View all processes

$ sudo docker ps -a

Run an image

Run an image in a new container daemonized

$ sudo docker run -d <image_name>

Run an image in interactive mode with the command /bin/bash

$ sudo docker run -i -t <image_name> /bin/bash

Run an image in interactive mode with the command /bin/bash and link the ports.

$ sudo docker run -i -t --link <docker_container_name>:<docker_container_alias> <image_name> /bin/bash

Run an image with an ENTRYPOINT command in interactive mode with the command /bin/bash

$ sudo docker run --entrypoint /bin/bash -i -t <image_name>

Run an image in interactive mode with the command /bin/bash mounting the host director /var/app/current to the container directory /usr/src/app

$ sudo docker run -i -t -v /var/app/current:/usr/src/app/ <image_name> /bin/bash

Run an image in interactive mode with the command /bin/bash setting the environments variables FOO and BAR

$ sudo docker run -i -t -e FOO=foo -e BAR=bar <image_name> /bin/bash

Other cheat sheet

• dennyzhang/cheatsheet-docker-A4

We can remove need to prefix sudo if adding regular user to docker group.

sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}
after logout and login there is need to sudo.