Docker Commands

Docker management commands for quick reference

Docker Management Commands

Management Commands: Below is the list of docker management commands available. Best way to get this list by doing docker — help on your command line interface and it will display all the management commands those are available.

• container: Manage containers
• image: Manage images
• volume: Manage volumes
• network: Manage networks
• builder: Manage builds
• config: Manage Docker configs
• context: Manage contexts
• plugin: Manage plugins
• secret: Manage Docker secrets
• service: Manage services
• stack: Manage Docker stacks
• swarm: Manage Swarm
• node: Manage Swarm nodes
• system: Manage Docker
• trust: Manage trust on Docker images

Manage containers

Usage: docker container COMMAND

Commands:

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

Manage images

Usage: docker image COMMAND

Commands:

• build: Build an image from a Dockerfile
• history: Show the history of an image
• import: Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image
• inspect: Display detailed information on one or more images
• load: Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
• ls: List images
• prune: Remove unused images
• pull: Pull an image or a repository from a registry
• push: Push an image or a repository to a registry
• rm: Remove one or more images
• save: Save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
• tag: Create a tag TARGET_IMAGE that refers to SOURCE_IMAGE

Manage volumes

Usage: docker volume COMMAND

Commands:

• create: Create a volume
• inspect: Display detailed information on one or more volumes
• ls: List volumes
• prune: Remove all unused local volumes
• rm: Remove one or more volumes

Manage networks

Usage: docker network COMMAND

Commands:

• connect: Connect a container to a network
• create: Create a network
• disconnect: Disconnect a container from a network
• inspect: Display detailed information on one or more networks
• ls: List networks
• prune: Remove all unused networks
• rm: Remove one or more networks

Manage builds

Usage: docker builder COMMAND

Commands:

• build: Build an image from a Dockerfile
• prune: Remove build cache

Manage Docker configs

Usage: docker config COMMAND

Commands:

• create: Create a config from a file or STDIN
• inspect: Display detailed information on one or more configs
• ls: List configs
• rm: Remove one or more configs

Manage contexts

Usage: docker context COMMAND

Commands:

• create: Create a context
• export: Export a context to a tar or kubeconfig file
• import: Import a context from a tar or zip file
• inspect: Display detailed information on one or more contexts
• ls: List contexts
• rm: Remove one or more contexts
• update: Update a context
• use: Set the current docker context

Manage plugins

Usage: docker plugin COMMAND

Commands:

• create: Create a plugin from a rootfs and configuration. Plugin data directory must contain config.json and rootfs directory
• disable: Disable a plugin
• enable: Enable a plugin
• inspect: Display detailed information on one or more plugins
• install: Install a plugin
• ls: List plugins
• push: Push a plugin to a registry
• rm: Remove one or more plugins
• set: Change settings for a plugin
• upgrade: Upgrade an existing plugin

Manage Docker secrets

Usage: docker secret COMMAND

Commands:

• create: Create a secret from a file or STDIN as content
• inspect: Display detailed information on one or more secrets
• ls: List secrets
• rm: Remove one or more secrets

Manage services

Usage: docker service COMMAND

Commands:

• create: Create a new service
• inspect: Display detailed information on one or more services
• logs: Fetch the logs of a service or task
• ls: List services
• ps: List the tasks of one or more services
• rm: Remove one or more services
• rollback: Revert changes to a service’s configuration
• scale: Scale one or multiple replicated services
• update: Update a service

Manage Docker stacks

Usage: docker stack [OPTIONS] COMMAND

Options:

— orchestrator string Orchestrator to use (swarm|kubernetes|all)

Commands:

• deploy: Deploy a new stack or update an existing stack
• ls: List stacks
• ps: List the tasks in the stack
• rm: Remove one or more stacks
• services: List the services in the stack

Manage Swarm

Usage: docker swarm COMMAND

Commands:

• ca: Display and rotate the root CA
• init: Initialize a swarm
• join: Join a swarm as a node and/or manager
• join-token: Manage join tokens
• leave: Leave the swarm
• unlock: Unlock swarm
• unlock-key: Manage the unlock key
• update: Update the swarm

Manage Swarm nodes

Usage: docker node COMMAND

Commands:

• demote: Demote one or more nodes from manager in the swarm
• inspect: Display detailed information on one or more nodes
• ls: List nodes in the swarm
• promote: Promote one or more nodes to manager in the swarm
• ps: List tasks running on one or more nodes, defaults to current node
• rm: Remove one or more nodes from the swarm
• update: Update a node

Manage Docker

Usage: docker system COMMAND

Commands:

• df: Show docker disk usage
• events: Get real time events from the server
• info: Display system-wide information
• prune: Remove unused data

Manage trust on Docker images

Usage: docker trust COMMAND

Management Commands:

• key: Manage keys for signing Docker images
• signer: Manage entities who can sign Docker images

Commands:

• inspect: Return low-level information about keys and signatures
• revoke: Remove trust for an image
• sign: Sign an image

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