Docker Command Reference

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Container Lifecycle Management

• run - Create and start a new container.
• start/stop/restart - These commands are mainly used to start, stop, and restart containers.
• kill - Immediately terminate one or more running containers
• rm - Used to delete one or more stopped containers.
• pause/unpause - Pause and resume all processes in a container.
• create - Create a new container, but it will not start it.
• exec - Execute a new command inside a running container.
• rename - Rename a container.

Container operations

• ps - List Docker containers
• inspect - Get detailed information about Docker objects (containers, images, volumes, networks, etc.).
• top - Display the running processes in a specified container.
• attach - Allows users to attach to a running container and interact with it.
• events - Fetch events generated by the Docker daemon.
• logs - Retrieve and view container log output.
• wait - Allows users to wait for a container to stop and obtain its exit code.
• export - Exports a container's filesystem as a tar archive.
• port - Displays port mapping information for a container.
• stats - Displays Docker container resource usage in real time.
• update - Updates Docker container resource limits, including memory, CPU, etc.

Container root filesystem (rootfs) commands

• commit - Allows users to save the current state of a container as a new Docker image.
• cp - Used to copy files or directories between a container and the host machine.
• diff - Shows changes to a Docker container's filesystem.

Registry

• login/logout - Manage authentication between the Docker client and the Docker registry.
• pull - Pull (download) images from a Docker registry (e.g., Docker Hub) to the local machine.
• push - Push (upload) locally built Docker images to a Docker registry (such as Docker Hub or a private registry).
• search - Used to search for images in Docker Hub or other registries.

Local Image Management

• images - List local Docker images.
• rmi - Remove images that are no longer needed.
• tag - Create an alias (tag) for a local image.
• build - Build a Docker image from a Dockerfile.
• history - View the history layer information of a specified image.
• save - Save one or more Docker images to a tar archive file.
• load - Load Docker images from a tar file generated by the docker save command.
• import - Import a container snapshot from a tar file or URL to create a new Docker image.

info|version

• info - Display system-wide information about Docker, including the current number of images and containers.
• version - Display version information for the Docker client and server.

Docker Compose

• docker compose run - Start a new container and run a specific application.
• docker compose rm - Start a new container and delete a specific application.
• docker compose ps - Check the status of Docker containers from docker compose.
• docker compose build - Build the docker compose file.
• docker compose up - Run the docker compose file.
• docker compose ls - List docker compose services.
• docker compose start - Start the containers created by the docker compose file.
• docker compose restart - Restart the containers created by the docker compose file.
• docker compose down - Remove service-related containers and networks.

Network commands

• docker network ls: List all networks.
• docker network create <network>: Create a new network.
• docker network rm <network>: Delete the specified network.
• docker network connect <network> <container>: Connect a container to a network.
• docker network disconnect <network> <container>: Disconnect a container from a network.

View Details:docker network command

Volume commands

• docker volume ls: List all volumes.
• docker volume create <volume>: Create a new volume.
• docker volume rm <volume>: Delete the specified volume.
• docker volume inspect <volume>: Display detailed information about a volume.

View Details:docker volume command

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