commands.md

Docker Commands

Some of the most commonly used docker commands are

docker images

Lists docker images on the host machine.

docker build

Builds image from Dockerfile.

docker run

Runs a Docker container.

There are many arguments which you can pass to this command for example,

docker run -d -> Run container in background and print container ID docker run -p -> Port mapping

use docker run --help to look into more arguments.

docker ps

Lists running containers on the host machine.

docker stop

Stops running container.

docker start

Starts a stopped container.

docker rm

Removes a stopped container.

docker rmi

Removes an image from the host machine.

docker pull

Downloads an image from the configured registry.

docker push

Uploads an image to the configured registry.

docker exec

Run a command in a running container.

docker network

Manage Docker networks such as creating and removing networks, and connecting containers to networks.