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Managing Applications in a Container Cheat Sheet by

Commands on managing applications in a container

Container Runtimes

Command
Purpose
 
docker version
Docker version
 
docker info
Runtime inform­ation
 
docker ps
Running containers
 
docker images
List images
Replace 
docker
with 
podman
if working with podman

Volume Operations

Command
Purpose
 
docker volume create
Create volume
 
docker volume ls
List volumes
 
docker volume inspect
Volume inform­ation
 
docker volume rm
Remove volume
Replace 
docker
with 
podman
  

Image Operations

Command
Purpose
 
docker pull
Download image
 
docker images
List images
 
docker search
Search registry
 
docker tag
Tag image
 
docker rmi
Remove image
 
docker inspect
Image inform­ation
Replace 
docker
with 
podman

Container Networks

Command
Purpose
 
docker network ls
List networks
 
docker network create
Create network
 
docker network inspect
Inspect network
 
docker network connect
Connect container
 
docker network disconnect
Disconnect container
 
docker network rm
Remove network
Replace 
docker
with 
podman
  

Container Operations

Command
Purpose
 
docker run
Create & start container
 
docker start
Start container
 
docker stop
Stop container
 
docker restart
Restart container
 
docker pause
Pause container
 
docker unpause
Resume container
 
docker exec
Execute command inside container
 
docker logs
View logs
 
docker inspect
View container details
 
docker rm
Remove container
Replace 
docker
with 
podman
               
 

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  • Published: 5th August, 2026

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