It' hard to ignore docker this days if you are a Software Developer.
Here I gather the most common docker commands which every developer
will need in order to do their job better.
⭕️ Version | 📖 docs
docker version
To see the Installed Docker version info.
⭕️ Search | 📖 docs
docker search [name]
Search for specefic images on the Docker Hub.
For example if you want to get Neo4j image run:
docker search neo4j
⭕️ Pull | 📖 docs
docker pull [name]:[TAG]
Pull an image from the Docker Hub
[name]is the name for the image. ex:neo4j[TAG]you can sepecify which version of the image you want to pull. If not specified, thelatesttag will be used by default.--platformset this option to pull image for the specified platform and OS-aor--all-tagsto pull all available tags from the registry-qor--quietto suppress verbose output
Examples:
docker pull neo4j
this will pull the latest official image for Neo4j.
docker pull --all-tags ubuntu
this will pull all images from ubuntu repository.
docker pull ubuntu:22.04
this will pull a specefic version of ubuntu.
⭕️ Images | 📖 docs
docker images
This will print a list of all docker images on the local system.
⭕️ Run | 📖 docs
docker run [name] [command] [args]
Creates and run a new container from an image.
Examples:
docker run neo4j
simply runs the neo4j image in a new container
docker run --name test -it neo4j
run a container named test form neo4j image
⭕️ PS | 📖 docs
docker ps
Lists docker running containers. Examples:
docker ps --all
--all or -a list all containers. default just shows running.
docker ps --latest
--latest or -l list the latest created container
⭕️ Restart | 📖 docs
docker restart [CONTAINER]
restart one or more container.
⭕️ Kill | 📖 docs
docker kill [CONTAINER]
Kill one or more containers Examples:
docker kill neo4j_imun postgress-UX59
This will kill these 2 containers.
⭕️ Stop | 📖 docs
docker stop [CONTAINER]
Stop one or more containers.
docker stop -t 10000 Neo4j-98xt
Stops Neo4j container after waiting for a specific time.
⭕️ Build | 📖 docs
docker build [DockerFilePath]
Build an image from a docker file or docker repository.
⭕️ Attach | 📖 docs
docker attach [CONTAINER]
Attach your terminal to a running container to control I/O operations.
⭕️ Exec | 📖 docs
docker exec [CONTAINER] [COMMANDS]
Executes cli commands in a running container.
docker exec ubuntu-76sx touch /tmp/myfile
This will creates a file in ubuntu-76sx container.
docker exec -it ubuntu-76sx sh
This starts a new shell session in the ubuntu-76sx container.
⭕️ Logs | 📖 docs
docker logs [CONTAINER]
See the logs for a given container.
docker logs --follow ubuntu-76sx
Use --follow or -f for display logs of ubuntu-76sx container and follow the output as the logs continues.
docker logs -f --until=30m neo4j-ex54
this will display logs before a specific point in time.
⭕️ Commit | 📖 docs
docker commit [CONTAINER] [REPOSITORY]
Create a new image from a container's changes. The new image will not include any data from the container's volumes.
docker commit neo4j-es87 example/test:v4
This will creates a new image from neo4j-es87 container in example/test repository with v4 as its tag.
You can use --change options to apply dockerfile instructions to the new image being created.
⭕️ Compose | 📖 docs
docker compose up -d
compose command use for create and running multi container docker application and use yaml for configuration application service first open go to directory that docker-compose.yml file is exist then run above command to configuration set for your containers -d command for detach mode