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Docker cheat sheet

We describe here the most common Docker usage

The ultimate Docker cheat sheet

Commands detail

Tip

To have details on a particular command 

docker <command> --help

Build

Build an image from the Dockerfile in the current directory and tag the image 

docker build -t myimage:1.0 .
List all images that are locally stored with the Docker Engine 
docker image ls
Delete an image from the local image store 
docker image rm alpine:3.4

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Pull an image from a registry 

docker pull myimage:1.0
Retag a local image with a new image name and tag 
docker tag myimage:1.0 myrepo/myimage:2.0

Push an image to a registry 

docker push myrepo/myimage:2.0

Run

Run a container from the Alpine version 3.9 image, name the running container “web” and expose port 5000 externally, mapped to port 80 inside the container. 

docker container run --name web -p 5000:80 alpine:3.9
Stop a running container through SIGTERM 
docker container stop web
Stop a running container through SIGKILL 
docker container kill web
List the networks 
docker network ls

List the running containers (add --all to include stopped containers) 

docker container ls
Delete all running and stopped containers 
docker container rm -f $(docker ps -aq)
Print the last 100 lines of a container’s logs 
docker container logs --tail 100 web