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docker (cli)

This section explains the various commands you can use with the 'docker' utility.

run

docker run  Run a command in a new container

image

docker search   Search the Docker Hub for images
docker pull     Pull an image or a repository from a registry

docker build    Build an image from a Dockerfile
docker builder  Manage builds
docker buildx   Use extended build capabilities with BuildKit

docker commit   Create a new image from a container's changes
docker rmi      Remove one or more images

docker images   List images
docker image    Manage images
docker history  Show the history of an image

docker save     Save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
docker load     Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN

docker tag      Create a tag TARGET_IMAGE that refers to SOURCE_IMAGE
docker push     Push an image or a repository to a registry

docker manifest Manage Docker image manifests and manifest lists
docker trust    Manage trust on Docker images

container

docker container  Manage containers
docker rename     Rename a container

docker create  Create a new container
docker update  Update configuration of one or more containers
docker rm      Remove one or more containers
docker attach  Attach local standard input, output, and error streams to a running container

docker stop     Stop one or more running containers
docker kill     Kill one or more running containers
docker start    Start one or more stopped containers
docker restart  Restart one or more containers

docker ps          List containers
docker port        List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container
docker network     Manage networks
docker checkpoint  Manage checkpoints

filesystem

docker cp      Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
docker diff    Inspect changes to files or directories on a container's filesystem
docker exec    Run a command in a running container
docker export  Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive
docker import  Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image
docker volume  Manage volumes

information

docker info     Display system-wide information
docker logs     Fetch the logs of a container
docker stats    Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
docker inspect  Return low-level information on Docker objects
docker version  Show the Docker version information

process

docker wait     Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes
docker top      Display the running processes of a container
docker unpause  Unpause all processes within one or more containers
docker pause    Pause all processes within one or more containers
docker service  Manage services

system

docker system   Manage Docker
docker plugin   Manage plugins
docker compose
docker login    Log in to a Docker registry
docker logout   Log out from a Docker registry

Docker Swarm

docker config   Manage Docker configs
docker service  Manage services
docker context  Manage contexts
docker swarm    Manage Swarm
docker node     Manage Swarm nodes
docker secret   Manage Docker secrets
docker stack    Manage Docker stacks
docker events   Get real time events from the server