The Docker Cheat Sheet

Basic Docker CLIs

Here’s the list of the basic Docker commands that works on both Docker Desktop as well as Docker Engine:

Container Management CLIs

Here’s the list of the Docker commands that manages Docker images and containers flawlessly:

Inspecting The Container

Here’s the list of the basic Docker commands that helps you inspect the containers seamlessly:

Interacting with Container

Do you want to know how to access the containers? Check out these fundamental commands:

Image Management Commands

Here’s the list of Docker commands that helps you manage the Docker Images:

Image Transfer Commands

Here’s the list of Docker image transfer commands:

Builder Main Commands

Want to know how to build Docker Image? Do check out the list of Image Build Commands:

The Docker CLI

Manage images

docker build

docker build [options] .
  -t "app/container_name"    # name

Create an image from a Dockerfile.

docker run

docker run [options] IMAGE
  # see `docker create` for options

Run a command in an image.

Manage containers

docker create

docker create [options] IMAGE
  -a, --attach               # attach stdout/err
  -i, --interactive          # attach stdin (interactive)
  -t, --tty                  # pseudo-tty
      --name NAME            # name your image
  -p, --publish 5000:5000    # port map
      --expose 5432          # expose a port to linked containers
  -P, --publish-all          # publish all ports
      --link container:alias # linking
  -v, --volume `pwd`:/app    # mount (absolute paths needed)
  -e, --env NAME=hello       # env vars

Example

$ docker create --name app_redis_1 \
  --expose 6379 \
  redis:3.0.2

Create a container from an image.

docker exec

docker exec [options] CONTAINER COMMAND
  -d, --detach        # run in background
  -i, --interactive   # stdin
  -t, --tty           # interactive

Example

$ docker exec app_web_1 tail logs/development.log
$ docker exec -t -i app_web_1 rails c

Run commands in a container.

docker start

docker start [options] CONTAINER
  -a, --attach        # attach stdout/err
  -i, --interactive   # attach stdin

docker stop [options] CONTAINER

Start/stop a container.

docker ps

$ docker ps
$ docker ps -a
$ docker kill $ID

Manage containers using ps/kill.

Images

docker images

$ docker images
  REPOSITORY   TAG        ID
  ubuntu       12.10      b750fe78269d
  me/myapp     latest     7b2431a8d968

$ docker images -a   # also show intermediate

Manages images.

docker rmi

docker rmi b750fe78269d

Deletes images.

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