Docker Commands

With Docker, you can interact and work in a client-server environment since it’s Linux-based.

Here are some Docker commands you should know.

Docker version

$ docker version  

As shown in the following image, it shows the docker version for both client and server.

Create a Docker image from a Dockerfile

$ docker build -t image-name docker-file-location  

-t : tags Docker images with a name.

Run the Docker image

$ docker run -d image-name  

-d : Creates a daemon.

Available docker images

$ docker images  

Latest running container

$ docker ps -l  

-l : it is used to show latest available container.

All running containers

$ docker ps -a  

-a : It shows all the containers.

Stop running container

$ docker stop container_id  

container_id : This is the Id Docker assigns to the container.

Delete an image

$ docker rmi image-name  

Delete all images

$ docker rmi $(docker images -q)  

Delete all images forcefully

$ docker rmi -f $(docker images -q)  

-f : It’s used to forcefully delete images.

Delete all containers

$ docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)  

Enter into Docker container

$ docker exec -it container-id bash