Commands

Container Management

  1. List running containers: docker ps

  2. List all containers (running and stopped): docker ps -a

  3. Start a container: docker start [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

  4. Stop a container: docker stop [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

  5. Restart a container: docker restart [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

  6. Remove a container: docker rm [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

  7. Pause a container: docker pause [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

  8. Unpause a container: docker unpause [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

  9. Inspect a container: docker inspect [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

Image Management

  1. List local Docker images: docker images

  2. Download a Docker image: docker pull [IMAGE_NAME]

  3. Create a Docker image from a Dockerfile: docker build -t [IMAGE_NAME] [DOCKERFILE_PATH]

  4. Remove a Docker image: docker rmi [IMAGE_NAME/IMAGE_ID]

  5. Tag a Docker image: docker tag [IMAGE_NAME/IMAGE_ID] [REPOSITORY_NAME]:[TAG]

  6. Push a Docker image to a repository: docker push [REPOSITORY_NAME]:[TAG]

  7. Pull a Docker image from a repository: docker pull [REPOSITORY_NAME]:[TAG]

Networking

  1. List Docker networks: docker network ls

  2. Create a Docker network: docker network create [NETWORK_NAME]

  3. Connect a container to a network: docker network connect [NETWORK_NAME] [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

  4. Disconnect a container from a network: docker network disconnect [NETWORK_NAME] [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

Volume Management

  1. List Docker volumes: docker volume ls

  2. Create a Docker volume: docker volume create [VOLUME_NAME]

  3. Remove a Docker volume: docker volume rm [VOLUME_NAME]

  4. Attach a volume to a container: docker run -v [VOLUME_NAME]:[CONTAINER_PATH] [IMAGE_NAME]

  5. Inspect a volume: docker volume inspect [VOLUME_NAME]

Miscellaneous

  1. Open a shell inside a running container: docker exec -it [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID] sh

  2. View logs of a running container: docker logs -f [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]

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