Docker commands

Common commands

• Check images: docker images
• check all containers (active/inactive): docker ps -a
• Check container logs: docker logs <container_id>
• Stop container: docker container stop <container_id>
• Remove image: docker rm <image_id>
• Remove container: docker container rm <container_id>

Create docker image and run container

• Create new file with name Dockerfile and add all the commands to compose image
• Create docker image: docker build <path> -t <Docker_Image_Name>:<tag vesrion>
• Start container from image: docker run -p <machine_port>:<container_port> --name <Docker_Conainter_Name> -d <Docker_Image_Name>

Commands to push and pull image to docker hub

• docker login --username <username> --password <password>
• docker tag <image-name> <username>/<your repo on docker hub>
• docker push <username>/<your repo on docker hub>

Pull docker image from remote repository

By default docker pull pulles images from docker hub, to change repo we can specify repo path to pull from
docker pull <username>/<your repo on docker hub>

To pull and run docker image form remote repo use command: docker run -p <machine port>:<container port> pull <username>/<your repository on docker hub>

Docker compose commands

To create and start container use following commands

• docker-compose up (default file in current dir docker-compose.yml)
• docker-compose -f up
• docker-compose up -d (detached mode)
• docker-compose stop (if started using -d switch)
• docker-compose down (bring everything down and remove all containers)