I use and leverage docker a lot for Development, POC, CICD, Builds etc. It’s my go to tool for anything systems related that
needs to be done quickly and straight to the point. This is a collection of commands I use a lot and reference to some sites.
My cheet sheet of keeping my references in one place
Images
This is a collection of commands for managing images.
Build image from Dockerfile
docker build -t <image_name>
Build an Image from a Dockerfile without the cache
docker build -t <image_name> . –no-cache
List local images
Delete an Image, all images respectively
docker rmi <image_name>
docker rmi $(docker images -q)
Remove all unused images
Containers
This is a collection of commands for managing containers.
Create and run a container from an image, with a custom name
docker run --name <container_name> <image_name>
Run a container with and publish a container’s port(s) to the host
docker run -p <host_port>:<container_port> <image_name>
docker run -p <host_port>:<container_port> --name <container_name> <image_name>
Run a container in the background. As a daemon
docker run -d <image_name>
Start or stop an existing container
docker start|stop <container_name> (or <container-id>)
Remove a stopped container
docker rm <container_name>
Open a shell inside a running container
docker exec -it <container_name> sh
docker exec -it <container_name> bash
Fetch and follow the logs of a container
docker logs -f <container_name>
Inspect a running container
docker inspect <container_name> (or <container_id>)
list currently running containers, all containers
docker ps
docker ps --all
View resource usage stats
Cleanup Commands
Curation of cleanuo commands below:
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q)
docker network rm $(docker network list -q)
docker volume rm $(docker volume list -q)
docker rmi $(docker images -q)
docker system prune -a --volumes
Docker Compose Commands
The commands work when there is a default docker-compose.yaml in the current path
docker-compose up -d
docker-compose up -d --force-recreate
docker-compose up -d --force-recreate --remove-orphans
docker-compose down
docker-compose down --remove-orphans