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:title: Command Line Interface
:description: Docker's CLI command description and usage
:keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, CLI, command line
.. _cli:
Command Line Help
-----------------
To list available commands, either run `` docker `` with no parameters or execute
`` docker help `` ::
$ sudo docker
Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [arg...]
-H=[unix:///var/run/docker.sock]: tcp://[host[:port]] to bind/connect to or unix://[/path/to/socket] to use. When host=[0.0.0.0], port=[4243] or path=[/var/run/docker.sock] is omitted, default values are used.
A self-sufficient runtime for linux containers.
...
.. _cli_daemon:
`` daemon ``
----------
::
Usage of docker:
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-D, --debug=false: Enable debug mode
-H, --host=[]: Multiple tcp://host:port or unix://path/to/socket to bind in daemon mode, single connection otherwise
--api-enable-cors=false: Enable CORS headers in the remote API
-b, --bridge="": Attach containers to a pre-existing network bridge; use 'none' to disable container networking
--bip="": Use this CIDR notation address for the network bridge's IP, not compatible with -b
-d, --daemon=false: Enable daemon mode
--dns=[]: Force docker to use specific DNS servers
-g, --graph="/var/lib/docker": Path to use as the root of the docker runtime
--icc=true: Enable inter-container communication
--ip="0.0.0.0": Default IP address to use when binding container ports
--iptables=true: Disable docker's addition of iptables rules
-p, --pidfile="/var/run/docker.pid": Path to use for daemon PID file
-r, --restart=true: Restart previously running containers
-s, --storage-driver="": Force the docker runtime to use a specific storage driver
-v, --version=false: Print version information and quit
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The Docker daemon is the persistent process that manages containers. Docker uses the same binary for both the
daemon and client. To run the daemon you provide the `` -d `` flag.
To force Docker to use devicemapper as the storage driver, use `` docker -d -s devicemapper `` .
To set the DNS server for all Docker containers, use `` docker -d -dns 8.8.8.8 `` .
To run the daemon with debug output, use `` docker -d -D `` .
The docker client will also honor the `` DOCKER_HOST `` environment variable to set
the `` -H `` flag for the client.
::
docker -H tcp://0.0.0.0:4243 ps
# or
export DOCKER_HOST="tcp://0.0.0.0:4243"
docker ps
# both are equal
.. _cli_attach:
`` attach ``
----------
::
Usage: docker attach CONTAINER
Attach to a running container.
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--no-stdin=false: Do not attach stdin
--sig-proxy=true: Proxify all received signal to the process (even in non-tty mode)
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You can detach from the container again (and leave it running) with
`` CTRL-c `` (for a quiet exit) or `` CTRL-\ `` to get a stacktrace of
the Docker client when it quits. When you detach from the container's
process the exit code will be returned to the client.
To stop a container, use `` docker stop `` .
To kill the container, use `` docker kill `` .
.. _cli_attach_examples:
Examples:
~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block :: bash
$ ID=$(sudo docker run -d ubuntu /usr/bin/top -b)
$ sudo docker attach $ID
top - 02:05:52 up 3:05, 0 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.05
Tasks: 1 total, 1 running, 0 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.1%us, 0.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 373572k total, 355560k used, 18012k free, 27872k buffers
Swap: 786428k total, 0k used, 786428k free, 221740k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1 root 20 0 17200 1116 912 R 0 0.3 0:00.03 top
top - 02:05:55 up 3:05, 0 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.05
Tasks: 1 total, 1 running, 0 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.8%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 373572k total, 355244k used, 18328k free, 27872k buffers
Swap: 786428k total, 0k used, 786428k free, 221776k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1 root 20 0 17208 1144 932 R 0 0.3 0:00.03 top
top - 02:05:58 up 3:06, 0 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.05
Tasks: 1 total, 1 running, 0 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.2%us, 0.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.5%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 373572k total, 355780k used, 17792k free, 27880k buffers
Swap: 786428k total, 0k used, 786428k free, 221776k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1 root 20 0 17208 1144 932 R 0 0.3 0:00.03 top
^C$
$ sudo docker stop $ID
.. _cli_build:
`` build ``
---------
::
Usage: docker build [OPTIONS] PATH | URL | -
Build a new container image from the source code at PATH
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-t, --time="": Repository name (and optionally a tag) to be applied
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to the resulting image in case of success.
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-q, --quiet=false: Suppress verbose build output.
--no-cache: Do not use the cache when building the image.
--rm: Remove intermediate containers after a successful build
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The files at `` PATH `` or `` URL `` are called the "context" of the build. The
build process may refer to any of the files in the context, for example when
using an :ref: `ADD <dockerfile_add>` instruction. When a single `` Dockerfile ``
is given as `` URL `` , then no context is set. When a Git repository is set as
`` URL `` , then the repository is used as the context
.. _cli_build_examples:
.. seealso :: :ref: `dockerbuilder` .
Examples:
~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker build .
Uploading context 10240 bytes
Step 1 : FROM busybox
Pulling repository busybox
---> e9aa60c60128MB/2.284 MB (100%) endpoint: https://cdn-registry-1.docker.io/v1/
Step 2 : RUN ls -lh /
---> Running in 9c9e81692ae9
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 12 2013 bin
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Oct 19 00:19 dev
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 19 00:19 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 15 23:34 lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 12 2013 lib64 -> lib
dr-xr-xr-x 116 root root 0 Nov 15 23:34 proc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 12 2013 sbin -> bin
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Nov 15 23:34 sys
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 12 2013 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 15 23:34 usr
---> b35f4035db3f
Step 3 : CMD echo Hello World
---> Running in 02071fceb21b
---> f52f38b7823e
Successfully built f52f38b7823e
This example specifies that the `` PATH `` is `` . `` , and so all the files in
the local directory get tar'd and sent to the Docker daemon. The `` PATH ``
specifies where to find the files for the "context" of the build on
the Docker daemon. Remember that the daemon could be running on a
remote machine and that no parsing of the `` Dockerfile `` happens at the
client side (where you're running `` docker build `` ). That means that
*all* the files at `` PATH `` get sent, not just the ones listed to
:ref: `ADD <dockerfile_add>` in the `` Dockerfile `` .
The transfer of context from the local machine to the Docker daemon is
what the `` docker `` client means when you see the "Uploading context"
message.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker build -t vieux/apache:2.0 .
This will build like the previous example, but it will then tag the
resulting image. The repository name will be `` vieux/apache `` and the
tag will be `` 2.0 ``
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker build - < Dockerfile
This will read a `` Dockerfile `` from *stdin* without context. Due to
the lack of a context, no contents of any local directory will be sent
to the `` docker `` daemon. Since there is no context, a `` Dockerfile ``
`` ADD `` only works if it refers to a remote URL.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker build github.com/creack/docker-firefox
This will clone the GitHub repository and use the cloned repository as
context. The `` Dockerfile `` at the root of the repository is used as
`` Dockerfile `` . Note that you can specify an arbitrary Git repository
by using the `` git:// `` schema.
.. _cli_commit:
`` commit ``
----------
::
Usage: docker commit [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
Create a new image from a container's changes
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-m, --message="": Commit message
-a, --author="": Author (eg. "John Hannibal Smith <hannibal@a-team.com>"
--run="": Configuration to be applied when the image is launched with `docker run`
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(ex: -run='{"Cmd": ["cat", "/world"], "PortSpecs": ["22"]}')
.. _cli_commit_examples:
Commit an existing container
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker ps
ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS
c3f279d17e0a ubuntu:12.04 /bin/bash 7 days ago Up 25 hours
197387f1b436 ubuntu:12.04 /bin/bash 7 days ago Up 25 hours
$ docker commit c3f279d17e0a SvenDowideit/testimage:version3
f5283438590d
$ docker images | head
REPOSITORY TAG ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
SvenDowideit/testimage version3 f5283438590d 16 seconds ago 335.7 MB
Change the command that a container runs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sometimes you have an application container running just a service and you need
to make a quick change and then change it back.
In this example, we run a container with `` ls `` and then change the image to
run `` ls /etc `` .
.. code-block :: bash
$ docker run -t -name test ubuntu ls
bin boot dev etc home lib lib64 media mnt opt proc root run sbin selinux srv sys tmp usr var
$ docker commit -run='{"Cmd": ["ls","/etc"]}' test test2
933d16de9e70005304c1717b5c6f2f39d6fd50752834c6f34a155c70790011eb
$ docker run -t test2
adduser.conf gshadow login.defs rc0.d
alternatives gshadow- logrotate.d rc1.d
apt host.conf lsb-base rc2.d
...
Full -run example
.................
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The `` --run `` JSON hash changes the `` Config `` section when running `` docker inspect CONTAINERID ``
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or `` config `` when running `` docker inspect IMAGEID `` .
(Multiline is okay within a single quote `` ' `` )
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker commit -run='
{
"Entrypoint" : null,
"Privileged" : false,
"User" : "",
"VolumesFrom" : "",
"Cmd" : ["cat", "-e", "/etc/resolv.conf"],
"Dns" : ["8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4"],
"MemorySwap" : 0,
"AttachStdin" : false,
"AttachStderr" : false,
"CpuShares" : 0,
"OpenStdin" : false,
"Volumes" : null,
"Hostname" : "122612f45831",
"PortSpecs" : ["22", "80", "443"],
"Image" : "b750fe79269d2ec9a3c593ef05b4332b1d1a02a62b4accb2c21d589ff2f5f2dc",
"Tty" : false,
"Env" : [
"HOME=/",
"PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
],
"StdinOnce" : false,
"Domainname" : "",
"WorkingDir" : "/",
"NetworkDisabled" : false,
"Memory" : 0,
"AttachStdout" : false
}' $CONTAINER_ID
.. _cli_cp:
`` cp ``
------
::
Usage: docker cp CONTAINER:PATH HOSTPATH
Copy files/folders from the containers filesystem to the host
path. Paths are relative to the root of the filesystem.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker cp 7bb0e258aefe:/etc/debian_version .
$ sudo docker cp blue_frog:/etc/hosts .
.. _cli_diff:
`` diff ``
--------
::
Usage: docker diff CONTAINER
List the changed files and directories in a container's filesystem
There are 3 events that are listed in the 'diff':
1. `` ` A ` `` - Add
2. `` ` D ` `` - Delete
3. `` ` C ` `` - Change
For example:
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker diff 7bb0e258aefe
C /dev
A /dev/kmsg
C /etc
A /etc/mtab
A /go
A /go/src
A /go/src/github.com
A /go/src/github.com/dotcloud
A /go/src/github.com/dotcloud/docker
A /go/src/github.com/dotcloud/docker/.git
....
.. _cli_events:
`` events ``
----------
::
Usage: docker events
Get real time events from the server
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--since="": Show previously created events and then stream.
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(either seconds since epoch, or date string as below)
.. _cli_events_example:
Examples
~~~~~~~~
You'll need two shells for this example.
Shell 1: Listening for events
.............................
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker events
Shell 2: Start and Stop a Container
...................................
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker start 4386fb97867d
$ sudo docker stop 4386fb97867d
Shell 1: (Again .. now showing events)
......................................
.. code-block :: bash
[2013-09-03 15:49:26 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) start
[2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) die
[2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) stop
Show events in the past from a specified time
.............................................
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker events -since 1378216169
[2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) die
[2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) stop
$ sudo docker events -since '2013-09-03'
[2013-09-03 15:49:26 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) start
[2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) die
[2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) stop
$ sudo docker events -since '2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST'
[2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) die
[2013-09-03 15:49:29 +0200 CEST] 4386fb97867d: (from 12de384bfb10) stop
.. _cli_export:
`` export ``
----------
::
Usage: docker export CONTAINER
Export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT
For example:
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker export red_panda > latest.tar
.. _cli_history:
`` history ``
-----------
::
Usage: docker history [OPTIONS] IMAGE
Show the history of an image
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--no-trunc=false: Don't truncate output
-q, --quiet=false: only show numeric IDs
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To see how the `` docker:latest `` image was built:
.. code-block :: bash
$ docker history docker
ID CREATED CREATED BY
docker:latest 19 hours ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD . in /go/src/github.com/dotcloud/docker
cf5f2467662d 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ENTRYPOINT ["hack/dind"]
3538fbe372bf 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/dotcloud/docker
7450f65072e5 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) VOLUME /var/lib/docker
b79d62b97328 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get install -y -q lxc
36714852a550 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get install -y -q iptables
8c4c706df1d6 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c /bin/echo -e '[default]\naccess_key=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY\nsecret_key=$AWS_SECRET_KEYn' > /.s3cfg
b89989433c48 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c pip install python-magic
a23e640d85b5 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c pip install s3cmd
41f54fec7e79 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get install -y -q python-pip
d9bc04add907 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get install -y -q reprepro dpkg-sig
e74f4760fa70 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri fpm
1e43224726eb 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get install -y -q ruby1.9.3 rubygems libffi-dev
460953ae9d7f 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ENV GOPATH=/go:/go/src/github.com/dotcloud/docker/vendor
8b63eb1d666b 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/goroot/bin
3087f3bcedf2 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ENV GOROOT=/goroot
635840d198e5 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c cd /goroot/src && ./make.bash
439f4a0592ba 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c curl -s https://go.googlecode.com/files/go1.1.2.src.tar.gz | tar -v -C / -xz && mv /go /goroot
13967ed36e93 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
bf7424458437 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get install -y -q build-essential
a89ec997c3bf 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get install -y -q mercurial
b9f165c6e749 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get install -y -q git
17a64374afa7 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get install -y -q curl
d5e85dc5b1d8 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c apt-get update
13e642467c11 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c echo 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main universe' > /etc/apt/sources.list
ae6dde92a94e 2 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Solomon Hykes <solomon@dotcloud.com>
ubuntu:12.04 6 months ago
.. _cli_images:
`` images ``
----------
::
Usage: docker images [OPTIONS] [NAME]
List images
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-a, --all=false: show all images (by default filter out the intermediate images used to build)
--no-trunc=false: Don't truncate output
-q, --quiet=false: only show numeric IDs
--tree=false: output graph in tree format
--viz=false: output graph in graphviz format
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Listing the most recently created images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker images | head
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
<none> <none> 77af4d6b9913 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
committest latest b6fa739cedf5 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 78a85c484f71 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
docker latest 30557a29d5ab 20 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 0124422dd9f9 20 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 18ad6fad3402 22 hours ago 1.082 GB
<none> <none> f9f1e26352f0 23 hours ago 1.089 GB
tryout latest 2629d1fa0b81 23 hours ago 131.5 MB
<none> <none> 5ed6274db6ce 24 hours ago 1.089 GB
Listing the full length image IDs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker images --no-trunc | head
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REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
<none> <none> 77af4d6b9913e693e8d0b4b294fa62ade6054e6b2f1ffb617ac955dd63fb0182 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
committest latest b6fa739cedf5ea12a620a439402b6004d057da800f91c7524b5086a5e4749c9f 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 78a85c484f71509adeaace20e72e941f6bdd2b25b4c75da8693efd9f61a37921 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
docker latest 30557a29d5abc51e5f1d5b472e79b7e296f595abcf19fe6b9199dbbc809c6ff4 20 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 0124422dd9f9cf7ef15c0617cda3931ee68346455441d66ab8bdc5b05e9fdce5 20 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 18ad6fad340262ac2a636efd98a6d1f0ea775ae3d45240d3418466495a19a81b 22 hours ago 1.082 GB
<none> <none> f9f1e26352f0a3ba6a0ff68167559f64f3e21ff7ada60366e2d44a04befd1d3a 23 hours ago 1.089 GB
tryout latest 2629d1fa0b81b222fca63371ca16cbf6a0772d07759ff80e8d1369b926940074 23 hours ago 131.5 MB
<none> <none> 5ed6274db6ceb2397844896966ea239290555e74ef307030ebb01ff91b1914df 24 hours ago 1.089 GB
Displaying images visually
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker images --viz | dot -Tpng -o docker.png
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.. image :: docker_images.gif
:alt: Example inheritance graph of Docker images.
Displaying image hierarchy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker images --tree
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├─8dbd9e392a96 Size: 131.5 MB (virtual 131.5 MB) Tags: ubuntu:12.04,ubuntu:latest,ubuntu:precise
└─27cf78414709 Size: 180.1 MB (virtual 180.1 MB)
└─b750fe79269d Size: 24.65 kB (virtual 180.1 MB) Tags: ubuntu:12.10,ubuntu:quantal
├─f98de3b610d5 Size: 12.29 kB (virtual 180.1 MB)
│ └─7da80deb7dbf Size: 16.38 kB (virtual 180.1 MB)
│ └─65ed2fee0a34 Size: 20.66 kB (virtual 180.2 MB)
│ └─a2b9ea53dddc Size: 819.7 MB (virtual 999.8 MB)
│ └─a29b932eaba8 Size: 28.67 kB (virtual 999.9 MB)
│ └─e270a44f124d Size: 12.29 kB (virtual 999.9 MB) Tags: progrium/buildstep:latest
└─17e74ac162d8 Size: 53.93 kB (virtual 180.2 MB)
└─339a3f56b760 Size: 24.65 kB (virtual 180.2 MB)
└─904fcc40e34d Size: 96.7 MB (virtual 276.9 MB)
└─b1b0235328dd Size: 363.3 MB (virtual 640.2 MB)
└─7cb05d1acb3b Size: 20.48 kB (virtual 640.2 MB)
└─47bf6f34832d Size: 20.48 kB (virtual 640.2 MB)
└─f165104e82ed Size: 12.29 kB (virtual 640.2 MB)
└─d9cf85a47b7e Size: 1.911 MB (virtual 642.2 MB)
└─3ee562df86ca Size: 17.07 kB (virtual 642.2 MB)
└─b05fc2d00e4a Size: 24.96 kB (virtual 642.2 MB)
└─c96a99614930 Size: 12.29 kB (virtual 642.2 MB)
└─a6a357a48c49 Size: 12.29 kB (virtual 642.2 MB) Tags: ndj/mongodb:latest
.. _cli_import:
`` import ``
----------
::
Usage: docker import URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball
(.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally tag it.
At this time, the URL must start with `` http `` and point to a single
file archive (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, or .txz) containing a
root filesystem. If you would like to import from a local directory or
archive, you can use the `` - `` parameter to take the data from *stdin* .
Examples
~~~~~~~~
Import from a remote location
.............................
This will create a new untagged image.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz
Import from a local file
........................
Import to docker via pipe and *stdin* .
.. code-block :: bash
$ cat exampleimage.tgz | sudo docker import - exampleimagelocal:new
Import from a local directory
.............................
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo tar -c . | docker import - exampleimagedir
Note the `` sudo `` in this example -- you must preserve the ownership of the
files (especially root ownership) during the archiving with tar. If you are not
root (or the sudo command) when you tar, then the ownerships might not get
preserved.
.. _cli_info:
`` info ``
--------
::
Usage: docker info
Display system-wide information.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker info
Containers: 292
Images: 194
Debug mode (server): false
Debug mode (client): false
Fds: 22
Goroutines: 67
LXC Version: 0.9.0
EventsListeners: 115
Kernel Version: 3.8.0-33-generic
WARNING: No swap limit support
.. _cli_insert:
`` insert ``
----------
::
Usage: docker insert IMAGE URL PATH
Insert a file from URL in the IMAGE at PATH
Use the specified `` IMAGE `` as the parent for a new image which adds a
:ref: `layer <layer_def>` containing the new file. The `` insert `` command does
not modify the original image, and the new image has the contents of the parent
image, plus the new file.
Examples
~~~~~~~~
Insert file from GitHub
.......................
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker insert 8283e18b24bc https://raw.github.com/metalivedev/django/master/postinstall /tmp/postinstall.sh
06fd35556d7b
.. _cli_inspect:
`` inspect ``
-----------
::
Usage: docker inspect CONTAINER|IMAGE [CONTAINER|IMAGE...]
Return low-level information on a container/image
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-f, --format="": Format the output using the given go template.
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By default, this will render all results in a JSON array. If a format
is specified, the given template will be executed for each result.
Go's `text/template <http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/> `_ package
describes all the details of the format.
Examples
~~~~~~~~
Get an instance's IP Address
............................
For the most part, you can pick out any field from the JSON in a
fairly straightforward manner.
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker inspect --format='{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' $INSTANCE_ID
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List All Port Bindings
......................
One can loop over arrays and maps in the results to produce simple
text output:
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker inspect -format='{{range $p, $conf := .NetworkSettings.Ports}} {{$p}} -> {{(index $conf 0).HostPort}} {{end}}' $INSTANCE_ID
Find a Specific Port Mapping
............................
The `` .Field `` syntax doesn't work when the field name begins with a
number, but the template language's `` index `` function does. The
`` .NetworkSettings.Ports `` section contains a map of the internal port
mappings to a list of external address/port objects, so to grab just
the numeric public port, you use `` index `` to find the specific port
map, and then `` index `` 0 contains first object inside of that. Then
we ask for the `` HostPort `` field to get the public address.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker inspect -format='{{(index (index .NetworkSettings.Ports "8787/tcp") 0).HostPort}}' $INSTANCE_ID
.. _cli_kill:
`` kill ``
--------
::
Usage: docker kill CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
Kill a running container (Send SIGKILL)
The main process inside the container will be sent SIGKILL.
Known Issues (kill)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* :issue: `197` indicates that `` docker kill `` may leave directories
behind and make it difficult to remove the container.
.. _cli_load:
`` load ``
--------
::
Usage: docker load < repository.tar
Loads a tarred repository from the standard input stream.
Restores both images and tags.
.. _cli_login:
`` login ``
---------
::
Usage: docker login [OPTIONS] [SERVER]
Register or Login to the docker registry server
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-e, --email="": email
-p, --password="": password
-u, --username="": username
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If you want to login to a private registry you can
specify this by adding the server name.
example:
docker login localhost:8080
.. _cli_logs:
`` logs ``
--------
::
Usage: docker logs [OPTIONS] CONTAINER
Fetch the logs of a container
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-f, --follow=false: Follow log output
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The `` docker logs `` command is a convenience which batch-retrieves whatever
logs are present at the time of execution. This does not guarantee execution
order when combined with a `` docker run `` (i.e. your run may not have generated
any logs at the time you execute `` docker logs `` ).
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The `` docker logs --follow `` command combines `` docker logs `` and `` docker attach `` :
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it will first return all logs from the beginning and then continue streaming
new output from the container's stdout and stderr.
.. _cli_port:
`` port ``
--------
::
Usage: docker port [OPTIONS] CONTAINER PRIVATE_PORT
Lookup the public-facing port which is NAT-ed to PRIVATE_PORT
.. _cli_ps:
`` ps ``
------
::
Usage: docker ps [OPTIONS]
List containers
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-a, --all=false: Show all containers. Only running containers are shown by default.
--no-trunc=false: Don't truncate output
-q, --quiet=false: Only display numeric IDs
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Running `` docker ps `` showing 2 linked containers.
.. code-block :: bash
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
4c01db0b339c ubuntu:12.04 bash 17 seconds ago Up 16 seconds webapp
d7886598dbe2 crosbymichael/redis:latest /redis-server --dir 33 minutes ago Up 33 minutes 6379/tcp redis,webapp/db
.. _cli_pull:
`` pull ``
--------
::
Usage: docker pull NAME
Pull an image or a repository from the registry
.. _cli_push:
`` push ``
--------
::
Usage: docker push NAME
Push an image or a repository to the registry
.. _cli_restart:
`` restart ``
-----------
::
Usage: docker restart [OPTIONS] NAME
Restart a running container
.. _cli_rm:
`` rm ``
------
::
Usage: docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER
Remove one or more containers
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--link="": Remove the link instead of the actual container
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Known Issues (rm)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* :issue: `197` indicates that `` docker kill `` may leave directories
behind and make it difficult to remove the container.
Examples:
~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker rm /redis
/redis
This will remove the container referenced under the link `` /redis `` .
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker rm --link /webapp/redis
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/webapp/redis
This will remove the underlying link between `` /webapp `` and the `` /redis `` containers removing all
network communication.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker rm `docker ps -a -q`
This command will delete all stopped containers. The command `` docker ps -a -q `` will return all
existing container IDs and pass them to the `` rm `` command which will delete them. Any running
containers will not be deleted.
.. _cli_rmi:
`` rmi ``
-------
::
Usage: docker rmi IMAGE [IMAGE...]
Remove one or more images
Removing tagged images
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Images can be removed either by their short or long ID's, or their image names.
If an image has more than one name, each of them needs to be removed before the
image is removed.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
test1 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test2 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
$ sudo docker rmi fd484f19954f
Error: Conflict, cannot delete image fd484f19954f because it is tagged in multiple repositories
2013/12/11 05:47:16 Error: failed to remove one or more images
$ sudo docker rmi test1
Untagged: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
$ sudo docker rmi test2
Untagged: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
$ sudo docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
test1 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
$ sudo docker rmi test
Untagged: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
Deleted: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
.. _cli_run:
`` run ``
-------
::
Usage: docker run [OPTIONS] IMAGE[:TAG] [COMMAND] [ARG...]
Run a command in a new container
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-a, --attach=map[]: Attach to stdin, stdout or stderr
-c, --cpu-shares=0: CPU shares (relative weight)
--cidfile="": Write the container ID to the file
-d, --detach=false: Detached mode: Run container in the background, print new container id
-e, --env=[]: Set environment variables
-h, --host="": Container host name
-i, --interactive=false: Keep stdin open even if not attached
--privileged=false: Give extended privileges to this container
-m, --memory="": Memory limit (format: <number><optional unit>, where unit = b, k, m or g)
-n, --networking=true: Enable networking for this container
-p, --publish=[]: Map a network port to the container
--rm=false: Automatically remove the container when it exits (incompatible with -d)
-t, --tty=false: Allocate a pseudo-tty
-u, --username="": Username or UID
--dns=[]: Set custom dns servers for the container
-v, --volume=[]: Create a bind mount with: [host-dir]:[container-dir]:[rw|ro]. If "container-dir" is missing, then docker creates a new volume.
--volumes-from="": Mount all volumes from the given container(s)
--entrypoint="": Overwrite the default entrypoint set by the image
-w, --workdir="": Working directory inside the container
--lxc-conf=[]: Add custom lxc options -lxc-conf="lxc.cgroup.cpuset.cpus = 0,1"
--sig-proxy=true: Proxify all received signal to the process (even in non-tty mode)
--expose=[]: Expose a port from the container without publishing it to your host
--link="": Add link to another container (name:alias)
--name="": Assign the specified name to the container. If no name is specific docker will generate a random name
-P, --publish-all=false: Publish all exposed ports to the host interfaces
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The `` docker run `` command first `` creates `` a writeable container layer over
the specified image, and then `` starts `` it using the specified command. That
is, `` docker run `` is equivalent to the API `` /containers/create `` then
`` /containers/(id)/start `` .
The `` docker run `` command can be used in combination with `` docker commit `` to
:ref: `change the command that a container runs <cli_commit_examples>` .
Known Issues (run -volumes-from)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* :issue: `2702` : "lxc-start: Permission denied - failed to mount"
could indicate a permissions problem with AppArmor. Please see the
issue for a workaround.
Examples:
~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker run --cidfile /tmp/docker_test.cid ubuntu echo "test"
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This will create a container and print `` test `` to the console. The
`` cidfile `` flag makes Docker attempt to create a new file and write the
container ID to it. If the file exists already, Docker will return an
error. Docker will close this file when `` docker run `` exits.
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker run -t -i --rm ubuntu bash
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root@bc338942ef20:/# mount -t tmpfs none /mnt
mount: permission denied
This will *not* work, because by default, most potentially dangerous
kernel capabilities are dropped; including `` cap_sys_admin `` (which is
required to mount filesystems). However, the `` -privileged `` flag will
allow it to run:
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker run --privileged ubuntu bash
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root@50e3f57e16e6:/# mount -t tmpfs none /mnt
root@50e3f57e16e6:/# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
none 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /mnt
The `` -privileged `` flag gives *all* capabilities to the container,
and it also lifts all the limitations enforced by the `` device ``
cgroup controller. In other words, the container can then do almost
everything that the host can do. This flag exists to allow special
use-cases, like running Docker within Docker.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker run -w /path/to/dir/ -i -t ubuntu pwd
The `` -w `` lets the command being executed inside directory given,
here `` /path/to/dir/ `` . If the path does not exists it is created inside the
container.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker run -v `pwd` `pwd` `pwd`
The `` -v `` flag mounts the current working directory into the container.
The `` -w `` lets the command being executed inside the current
working directory, by changing into the directory to the value
returned by `` pwd `` . So this combination executes the command
using the container, but inside the current working directory.
.. code-block :: bash
$ sudo docker run -p 127.0.0.1:80:8080 ubuntu bash
This binds port `` 8080 `` of the container to port `` 80 `` on `` 127.0.0.1 `` of the
host machine. :ref: `port_redirection` explains in detail how to manipulate ports
in Docker.
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker run --expose 80 ubuntu bash
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This exposes port `` 80 `` of the container for use within a link without
publishing the port to the host system's interfaces. :ref: `port_redirection`
explains in detail how to manipulate ports in Docker.
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker run --name console -t -i ubuntu bash
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This will create and run a new container with the container name
being `` console `` .
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker run --link /redis:redis --name console ubuntu bash
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The `` --link `` flag will link the container named `` /redis `` into the
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newly created container with the alias `` redis `` . The new container
can access the network and environment of the redis container via
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environment variables. The `` --name `` flag will assign the name `` console ``
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to the newly created container.
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker run --volumes-from 777f7dc92da7,ba8c0c54f0f2:ro -i -t ubuntu pwd
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The `` --volumes-from `` flag mounts all the defined volumes from the
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referenced containers. Containers can be specified by a comma seperated
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list or by repetitions of the `` --volumes-from `` argument. The container
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ID may be optionally suffixed with `` :ro `` or `` :rw `` to mount the volumes in
read-only or read-write mode, respectively. By default, the volumes are mounted
in the same mode (read write or read only) as the reference container.
A complete example
..................
.. code-block :: bash
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$ sudo docker run -d --name static static-web-files sh
$ sudo docker run -d --expose=8098 --name riak riakserver
$ sudo docker run -d -m 100m -e DEVELOPMENT=1 -e BRANCH=example-code -v $(pwd):/app/bin:ro --name app appserver
$ sudo docker run -d -p 1443:443 --dns=dns.dev.org -v /var/log/httpd --volumes-from static --link riak --link app -h www.sven.dev.org --name web webserver
$ sudo docker run -t -i --rm --volumes-from web -w /var/log/httpd busybox tail -f access.log
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This example shows 5 containers that might be set up to test a web application change:
1. Start a pre-prepared volume image `` static-web-files `` (in the background) that has CSS, image and static HTML in it, (with a `` VOLUME `` instruction in the `` Dockerfile `` to allow the web server to use those files);
2. Start a pre-prepared `` riakserver `` image, give the container name `` riak `` and expose port `` 8098 `` to any containers that link to it;
3. Start the `` appserver `` image, restricting its memory usage to 100MB, setting two environment variables `` DEVELOPMENT `` and `` BRANCH `` and bind-mounting the current directory (`` $(pwd) `` ) in the container in read-only mode as `` /app/bin `` ;
4. Start the `` webserver `` , mapping port `` 443 `` in the container to port `` 1443 `` on the Docker server, setting the DNS server to `` dns.dev.org `` , creating a volume to put the log files into (so we can access it from another container), then importing the files from the volume exposed by the `` static `` container, and linking to all exposed ports from `` riak `` and `` app `` . Lastly, we set the hostname to `` web.sven.dev.org `` so its consistent with the pre-generated SSL certificate;
5. Finally, we create a container that runs `` tail -f access.log `` using the logs volume from the `` web `` container, setting the workdir to `` /var/log/httpd `` . The `` -rm `` option means that when the container exits, the container's layer is removed.
.. _cli_save:
`` save ``
---------
::
Usage: docker save image > repository.tar
Streams a tarred repository to the standard output stream.
Contains all parent layers, and all tags + versions.
.. _cli_search:
`` search ``
----------
::
Usage: docker search TERM
Search the docker index for images
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--no-trunc=false: Don't truncate output
-s, --stars=0: Only displays with at least xxx stars
-t, --trusted=false: Only show trusted builds
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.. _cli_start:
`` start ``
---------
::
Usage: docker start [OPTIONS] CONTAINER
Start a stopped container
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-a, --attach=false: Attach container's stdout/stderr and forward all signals to the process
-i, --interactive=false: Attach container's stdin
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.. _cli_stop:
`` stop ``
--------
::
Usage: docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
Stop a running container (Send SIGTERM, and then SIGKILL after grace period)
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-t, --time=10: Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop before killing it.
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The main process inside the container will receive SIGTERM, and after a grace period, SIGKILL
.. _cli_tag:
`` tag ``
-------
::
Usage: docker tag [OPTIONS] IMAGE REPOSITORY[:TAG]
Tag an image into a repository
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-f, --force=false: Force
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.. _cli_top:
`` top ``
-------
::
Usage: docker top CONTAINER [ps OPTIONS]
Lookup the running processes of a container
.. _cli_version:
`` version ``
-----------
Show the version of the Docker client, daemon, and latest released version.
.. _cli_wait:
`` wait ``
--------
::
Usage: docker wait [OPTIONS] NAME
Block until a container stops, then print its exit code.
