Managing Docker containers

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Usage:  docker container COMMAND
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Commands:
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  ls          List containers
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  create      Create a new container
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  rm          Remove one or more containers
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  rename      Rename a container
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  start       Start one or more stopped containers
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  restart     Restart one or more containers
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  stop        Stop one or more running containers
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  kill        Kill one or more running containers
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  prune       Remove all stopped containers
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  run         Run a command in a new container
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  exec        Run a command in a running container
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  cp          Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
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  inspect     Display detailed information on one or more containers
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  logs        Fetch the logs of a container
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  port        List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container
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  top         Display the running processes of a container
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  pause       Pause all processes within one or more containers
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  unpause     Unpause all processes within one or more containers
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  attach      Attach local standard input, output, and error streams to a running container
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  commit      Create a new image from a container's changes
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  diff        Inspect changes to files or directories on a container's filesystem
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  export      Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive
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  stats       Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
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  update      Update configuration of one or more containers
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  wait        Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes

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# Start/Run container from an image (container will get random name and default ports)
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docker run docker/getting-started
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# Start/Run container from an image and specify container name
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docker run --name myapp docker/getting-started
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# Start/Run container from an image on specified ports
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docker run -p 80:80 docker/getting-started
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# Start/Run container from an image in the background (detached)
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docker run -d docker/getting-started
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# Start/Run container from an image detached, with ports, name and command
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docker run -dp 80:80 --name myapp docker/getting-started /bin/bash
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docker container run -dp 80:80 --name myapp docker/getting-started

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# list running containers
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docker ps
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# list all containers, including those not currently running
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docker ps -a

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docker start my-container

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# Stop specific
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docker stop <the-container-id>
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# Stop all containers
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docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)

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# Remove specific container (if stopped)
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docker rm <the-container-id>
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# Remove specific container (if running)
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docker rm -f <the-container-id>
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# Remove all containers including volumes
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docker rm -vf $(docker ps -a -q)

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# Runs command in container
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docker exec -it <mysql-container-name or id> mysql -p
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# Connect to container via shell
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docker exec -it <container-name or id> /bin/bash

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docker logs -f <container-id>

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# from host to container (by the way, this works for kubectl too)
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docker cp <src-path> <container>:<dest-path>
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kubectl cp <your-pod-name>:<src-path> <local-dest-path>
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# from container to host
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docker cp <container>:<src-path> <local-dest-path>
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kubectl cp <src-path> <your-pod-name>:<dest-path>