docker-basic-commands

Docker Cheatsheet
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docker version  // to check the docker version and ensure engine is running

docker run hello-world  // to run first container from image hello-world

docker ps // to see running container

docker ps -a // to see all containers

docker ps -l // last created container

docker ps -aq // to print the ids of containers instead of complete details

docker run --name container1 image-name // to create a new container with specific name

docker run --hostname hostname image-name // to create a new container with speicifc hostname

docker run -P image-name // to map a container port to random port of system

docker run -d image-name  // to run a container in background

docker exec -it container /bin/bash // to enter inside a container

docker run -p 8080:80 image-name // to create a container and  map container port 80 to system port 8080

docker stats  // to check stats of containers

docker top container-name // to check processes of container

docker logs container-name //to check logs of container