All Docker Commands
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Basic Docker Commands
1. docker version: Displays Docker version information.
2. docker info: Provides detailed information about the Docker installation.
3. docker --help: Lists all available Docker commands and options.
Image Management Commands
1. docker pull <image>: Downloads an image from a Docker registry (e.g.,
Docker Hub).
○ Example: docker pull nginx
2. docker images: Lists all Docker images available on the system.
○ Example: docker images
3. docker rmi <image>: Deletes a Docker image from the system.
○ Example: docker rmi nginx
4. docker build -t <name> <path>: Builds a Docker image from a
Dockerfile.
○ Example: docker build -t myapp:latest .
5. docker tag <source_image> <target_image>: Tags an image with a
new name.
○ Example: docker tag nginx:latest myrepo/nginx:v1
6. docker save -o <file> <image>: Saves an image to a tar archive.
○ Example: docker save -o nginx.tar nginx:latest
7. docker load -i <file>: Loads an image from a tar archive.
○ Example: docker load -i nginx.tar
Container Management Commands
1. docker run <image>: Creates and starts a new container from an image.
○ Example: docker run nginx
2. docker run -d <image>: Runs a container in detached mode
(in the background).
○ Example: docker run -d nginx
3. docker run -it <image>: Runs a container interactively with a terminal.
○ Example: docker run -it ubuntu bash
4. docker ps: Lists all running containers.
○ Example: docker ps
5. docker ps -a: Lists all containers, including stopped ones.
○ Example: docker ps -a
6. docker stop <container>: Stops a running container.
○ Example: docker stop my_container
7. docker start <container>: Starts a stopped container.
○ Example: docker start my_container
8. docker restart <container>: Restarts a container.
○ Example: docker restart my_container
9. docker rm <container>: Deletes a stopped container.
○ Example: docker rm my_container
10.docker exec -it <container> <command>: Executes a command
in a running container.
○ Example: docker exec -it my_container bash
11.docker logs <container>: Displays logs from a container.
○ Example: docker logs my_container
12.docker attach <container>: Attaches to a running container's console.
○ Example: docker attach my_container
13.docker kill <container>: Forcefully stops a container.
○ Example: docker kill my_container
Container Networking Commands
1. docker network ls: Lists all Docker networks.
○ Example: docker network ls
2. docker network create <name>: Creates a new Docker network.
○ Example: docker network create my_network
3. docker network rm <name>: Deletes a Docker network.
○ Example: docker network rm my_network
4. docker network connect <network> <container>: Connects a
container to a network.
○ Example: docker network connect my_network my_container
5. docker network disconnect <network> <container>: Disconnects
a container from a network.
○ Example: docker network disconnect my_network my_container
Volume Management Commands
1. docker volume ls: Lists all Docker volumes.
○ Example: docker volume ls
2. docker volume create <name>: Creates a new Docker volume.
○ Example: docker volume create my_volume
3. docker volume rm <name>: Deletes a Docker volume.
○ Example: docker volume rm my_volume
4. docker volume inspect <name>: Displays detailed information about a
volume.
○ Example: docker volume inspect my_volume
5. docker run -v <volume>:/path/in/container <image>: Mounts a
volume into a container.
○ Example: docker run -v my_volume:/data nginx
Dockerfile Commands
1. docker build -f <Dockerfile>: Builds an image from a specific
Dockerfile.
○ Example: docker build -f Dockerfile .
Docker Compose Commands
1. docker-compose up: Starts containers defined in a docker-compose.yml
file.
○ Example: docker-compose up
2. docker-compose down: Stops and removes containers, networks, and
volumes created by docker-compose up.
○ Example: docker-compose down
3. docker-compose ps: Lists containers created by Docker Compose.
○ Example: docker-compose ps
4. docker-compose logs: Shows logs for containers managed by Docker
Compose.
○ Example: docker-compose logs
5. docker-compose build: Builds or rebuilds services defined in a Compose
file.
○ Example: docker-compose build
Image and Container Inspection
1. docker inspect <container_or_image>: Returns low-level information
about a container or image.
○ Example: docker inspect my_container
2. docker top <container>: Displays running processes in a container.
○ Example: docker top my_container
3. docker stats: Displays resource usage statistics of running containers.
○ Example: docker stats
System Cleanup Commands
1. docker system df: Displays information about disk usage by Docker.
○ Example: docker system df
2. docker system prune: Removes unused data (stopped containers,
unused networks, dangling images).
○ Example: docker system prune
3. docker image prune: Removes unused and dangling images.
○ Example: docker image prune
4. docker container prune: Removes all stopped containers.
○ Example: docker container prune
Other Commands
1. docker commit <container> <image>: Creates a new image
from a container's changes.
○ Example: docker commit my_container my_image
2. docker export <container>: Exports a container's filesystem to a tar
archive.
○ Example: docker export my_container > container.tar
3. docker import <file>: Imports a tarball to create an image.
○ Example: docker import container.tar my_imported_image
These Docker commands cover the most common activities when working with
Docker, ranging from managing containers, images, and volumes to
orchestrating multi-container applications with Docker Compose. Mastering
these commands helps in efficiently creating, deploying, and managing
containerized applications.
