Docker Cheat Sheet¶

A complete cheat sheet can be found here

Lifecycle ¶

[docker create](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/create) creates a container but does not start it.
[docker run](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/run) creates and starts a container in one operation.
[docker rename](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/rename/) allows the container to be renamed.
[docker rm](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/rm) deletes a container.
[docker update](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/update/) updates a container’s resource limits.

If you want a transient container, docker run --rm will remove the container after it stops.

If you want to map a directory on the host to a docker container, docker run -v $HOSTDIR:$DOCKERDIR.

[docker start](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/start) starts a container so it is running.
[docker stop](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/stop) stops a running container.
[docker restart](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/restart) stops and starts a container.
[docker pause](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/pause/) pauses a running container, “freezing” it in place.
[docker attach](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/attach) will connect to a running container.

[docker ps](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/ps) shows running containers.
[docker logs](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/logs) gets logs from container. (You can use a custom log driver, but logs is only available for json-file and journald in 1.10)
[docker inspect](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/inspect) looks at all the info on a container (including IP address).
[docker events](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/events) gets events from container.
[docker port](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/port) shows public facing port of container.
[docker top](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/top) shows running processes in container.
[docker stats](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/stats) shows containers’ resource usage statistics.
[docker diff](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/diff) shows changed files in the container’s FS.

docker ps -a shows running and stopped containers.

docker stats --all shows a running list of containers.

To enter a running container, attach a new shell process to a running container called foo, use: docker exec -it foo /bin/bash.