Docker Commands Cheat Sheet

run container

docker run

run container and drop to shell

docker run -it 
docker run --interactive --tty 

run container in background

docker run -d

container restart setings

docker run --restart (always|no|on-failure[:maxretries]|unless-stopped) 

remove container when exited

docker run --rm 

view containers running

docker container ls
docker container ls -a

start container

docker start

stop container

docker stop

remove container

docker rm

remove all stopped

docker container prune

rename container

docker rename

view containers metrics

docker stats []

copy file into container

docker cp file.ext :/path/to/folder/

view container information

docker inspect

Find container’s IP

docker inspect | grep IPAddress

Make a container an image

docker commit

Map container port to host port

docker run -p :