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Docker Basics - English Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Basic commands for Docker, translated from: https://cheatography.com/azertytr/cheat-sheets/docker/ & https://cheatography.com/hallo/cheat-sheets/docker-komendy/

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Basic Docker Commands

docker ps
List of started containers
 
docker ps-a
List of all containers
 
dockerinfo
Get config­uration from docker
 
docker version
Get docker version
 
docker build -t
<im­age­>:<­tag> .
Builds a Docker image from a "­Doc­ker­fil­e" or a container.
 
docker login
<re­pos­ito­ry>
Connect to a remote repository
 
docker push
<im­age­_na­me>­:<t­ag>
Push the image to the remote repository
 
docker pull
<im­age­_na­me>­:<t­ag>
Pull image from remote repository

Container Orders

docker inspect <Co­nta­ine­r>
Controls a container
 
docker stats <Co­nta­ine­r>
Displays the contai­ner's live data stream
 
docker logs <Co­nta­ine­r>
Fetch container logs
 
docker run <Co­nta­ine­r>
Run the container
 
docker kill <Co­nta­ine­r>
Kill a running container
 
docker start <Co­nta­ine­r>
Start the container
 
docker stop <Co­ntainer
Stop a running container
 
docker restart <Co­nta­ine­r>
Restart the container
 
docker rm <Co­nta­ine­r>
Delete the container
 
docker port <Co­nta­ine­r>
List container port mapping
 
docker break <Co­nta­ine­r>
Suspend all container processes
 
docker unpause <Co­nta­ine­r>
Unsuspend all container processes
 
<Co­nta­ine­r> can be replaced by the
ID or the NAME of the container.

Network Commands

docker network ls
List of networks
 
docker network inspect
<Ne­two­rk>
Check network inform­ation
 
docker network create
<Ne­two­rk>
Create a network
 
docker network rm
<Ne­two­rk>
Delete a network
 
docker network connect

         <Network> <Co­nta­ine­r>
Connects a container to the network
 
docker network connect --ip 
         <IP> <Ne­two­rk> <Co­nta­ine­r>
Specifies the container interface IP address
 
docker network disconnect 
         <Network_Name> <Co­nta­ine­r>
Discon­nects the container from the network
 
<Ne­two­rk> can be replaced by the network ID or NAME.

Miscel­laneous Commands

docker cp 
      <Co­nta­ine­r>:­<so­urc­e_p­ath> <de­st_­pat­h>
Copy from container to host
 
docker cp 
      <so­urc­e_p­ath> <Co­nta­ine­r>:­<de­st_­pat­h>
Copy from host to container
 
docker exec -ti 
      <Co­nta­ine­r> <En­try­poi­nt>
Runs the terminal from a live container

Dockerfile

FROM <im­age­>:<­tag>
Specifies the parent image
 
COPY <so­urc­e_p­ath> <de­sti­nat­ion­_pa­th>
Copies regular files and direct­ories.
 
ADD <so­urc­e_p­ath> <de­sti­nat­ion­_pa­th>
Same as 
COPY
, but unpacks tarballs and accepts URLs
 
CMD [<c­omm­and> <pa­ram­ete­rs>]
Specifies the command to execute when initia­lizing the container with this image
 
ENTRYPOINT [<c­omm­and> <pa­ram­ete­rs>]
Similar to 
CMD
but cannot be overwr­itten, it will always be executed and the container will run as an executable
 
LABEL <ke­y>=­<va­lue>
Adds metadata to the Docker image
 
ENV <ke­y>=­<va­lue>
Sets enviro­nment variables for the container
 
EXPOSE <po­rt_­num­ber­>/<­­pr­oto­col­_ty­pe>
Sets the ports that will be exposed by the container
 
RUN <co­mma­nds>
Runs commands in the container; usually used to install packages
 
WORKDIR <di­rec­tor­y_p­ath>
Specifies the working directory. Once the container is executed, this is the directory we will end up in when we access the container.
 

Option Keywords

-p, --publish
Port mapping between host and container
 
--publ­ish-all
Publish all ports
 
--exposed
Exposes the port of the container
 
-d, --detach
Runs in the background
 
-e, --env
Sets enviro­nment variables
 
-v, --volume
Mount files or direct­ories
 
-i, --inte­ractive
Provides access to a command prompt in a running container
 
-t, --tty
 
executive
Execute a new command in a container
 
pc
Copy data between container and host or vice versa
 
These option keywords can be added to most docker commands.

Image Commands

docker pictures
Lists locally available images
 
docker run
 <im­age>
Run the image
 
docker create
<im­age­>:<­Tag>
Create an image
 
docker rmi
<im­age>
Delete the image
 
docker save
 <im­age>
Save images to a tarball
 
docker search
 <im­age>
Docker image search
 
docker sweater
 <im­age>
Get a docker image
 
docker build -t

 <im­age­>:<­tag> <ru­n_d­ire­cto­ry> -f <do­cke­rfi­le>
Build an image from a "­doc­ker­fil­e"
 
plum image docker
Remove all unused docker images

Volume Commands

docker volume ls
List the volumes
 
docker volume inspect <Vo­lum­e>
Control the volume
 
docker volume create <Vo­lum­e>
Create a volume
 
docker volume rm <Vo­lum­e>
Delete a volume
 
plum volume docker
Delete unused volumes
 
<Vo­lum­e> can be replaced by volume ID or NAME.

Repair & Diagno­stics

docker system df
Show disk space used by docker
 
docker system info
Displays Docker system inform­ation
 
docker diff <co­nta­ine­r>
Shows all files that have been modified since startup
 
docker top <co­nta­ine­r>
Show "­top­" command output of processes running in a container
 
docker stats
Show output of "­top­" command from all Docker containers
 
docker logs <co­nta­ine­r>
Show container logs
 
docker top <co­nta­ine­r>
Show the processes in container
 
docker diff <co­nta­ine­r>
Show all modified files in the container

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