diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/run.md b/docs/reference/commandline/run.md index 89ca1679f7..9262b89dbc 100644 --- a/docs/reference/commandline/run.md +++ b/docs/reference/commandline/run.md @@ -15,137 +15,106 @@ Aliases: docker container run, docker run Options: - --add-host value Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip) (default []) - -a, --attach value Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR (default []) - --blkio-weight value Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000 - --blkio-weight-device value Block IO weight (relative device weight) (default []) - --cap-add value Add Linux capabilities (default []) - --cap-drop value Drop Linux capabilities (default []) - --cgroupns string Cgroup namespace to use - 'host': Run the container in the Docker host's cgroup namespace - 'private': Run the container in its own private cgroup namespace - '': Use the default Docker daemon cgroup namespace specified by the `--default-cgroupns-mode` option - --cgroup-parent string Optional parent cgroup for the container - --cidfile string Write the container ID to the file - --cpu-count int The number of CPUs available for execution by the container. - Windows daemon only. On Windows Server containers, this is - approximated as a percentage of total CPU usage. - --cpu-percent int Limit percentage of CPU available for execution - by the container. Windows daemon only. - The processor resource controls are mutually - exclusive, the order of precedence is CPUCount - first, then CPUShares, and CPUPercent last. - --cpu-period int Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period - --cpu-quota int Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota - -c, --cpu-shares int CPU shares (relative weight) - --cpus NanoCPUs Number of CPUs (default 0.000) - --cpu-rt-period int Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds - --cpu-rt-runtime int Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds - --cpuset-cpus string CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1) - --cpuset-mems string MEMs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1) - -d, --detach Run container in background and print container ID - --detach-keys string Override the key sequence for detaching a container - --device value Add a host device to the container (default []) - --device-cgroup-rule value Add a rule to the cgroup allowed devices list - --device-read-bps value Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device (default []) - --device-read-iops value Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device (default []) - --device-write-bps value Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device (default []) - --device-write-iops value Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device (default []) - --disable-content-trust Skip image verification (default true) - --dns value Set custom DNS servers (default []) - --dns-option value Set DNS options (default []) - --dns-search value Set custom DNS search domains (default []) - --domainname string Container NIS domain name - --entrypoint string Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image - -e, --env value Set environment variables (default []) - --env-file value Read in a file of environment variables (default []) - --expose value Expose a port or a range of ports (default []) - --group-add value Add additional groups to join (default []) - --health-cmd string Command to run to check health - --health-interval duration Time between running the check (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s) - --health-retries int Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy - --health-timeout duration Maximum time to allow one check to run (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s) - --health-start-period duration Start period for the container to initialize before counting retries towards unstable (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s) - --help Print usage - -h, --hostname string Container host name - --init Run an init inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes - -i, --interactive Keep STDIN open even if not attached - --io-maxbandwidth string Maximum IO bandwidth limit for the system drive (Windows only) - (Windows only). The format is ``. - Unit is optional and can be `b` (bytes per second), - `k` (kilobytes per second), `m` (megabytes per second), - or `g` (gigabytes per second). If you omit the unit, - the system uses bytes per second. - --io-maxbandwidth and --io-maxiops are mutually exclusive options. - --io-maxiops uint Maximum IOps limit for the system drive (Windows only) - --ip string IPv4 address (e.g., 172.30.100.104) - --ip6 string IPv6 address (e.g., 2001:db8::33) - --ipc string IPC namespace to use - --isolation string Container isolation technology - --kernel-memory string Kernel memory limit - -l, --label value Set meta data on a container (default []) - --label-file value Read in a line delimited file of labels (default []) - --link value Add link to another container (default []) - --link-local-ip value Container IPv4/IPv6 link-local addresses (default []) - --log-driver string Logging driver for the container - --log-opt value Log driver options (default []) - --mac-address string Container MAC address (e.g., 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33) - -m, --memory string Memory limit - --memory-reservation string Memory soft limit - --memory-swap string Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: '-1' to enable unlimited swap - --memory-swappiness int Tune container memory swappiness (0 to 100) (default -1) - --mount value Attach a filesystem mount to the container (default []) - --name string Assign a name to the container - --network-alias value Add network-scoped alias for the container (default []) - --network string Connect a container to a network - 'bridge': create a network stack on the default Docker bridge - 'none': no networking - 'container:': reuse another container's network stack - 'host': use the Docker host network stack - '|': connect to a user-defined network - --no-healthcheck Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK - --oom-kill-disable Disable OOM Killer - --oom-score-adj int Tune host's OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000) - --pid string PID namespace to use - --pids-limit int Tune container pids limit (set -1 for unlimited) - --privileged Give extended privileges to this container - -p, --publish value Publish a container's port(s) to the host (default []) - -P, --publish-all Publish all exposed ports to random ports - --pull string Pull image before running ("always"|"missing"|"never") (default "missing") - -q, --quiet Suppress the pull output - --read-only Mount the container's root filesystem as read only - --restart string Restart policy to apply when a container exits (default "no") - Possible values are : no, on-failure[:max-retry], always, unless-stopped - --rm Automatically remove the container when it exits - --runtime string Runtime to use for this container - --security-opt value Security Options (default []) - --shm-size bytes Size of /dev/shm - The format is ``. `number` must be greater than `0`. - Unit is optional and can be `b` (bytes), `k` (kilobytes), `m` (megabytes), - or `g` (gigabytes). If you omit the unit, the system uses bytes. - --sig-proxy Proxy received signals to the process (default true) - --stop-signal string Signal to stop the container - --stop-timeout int Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container - --storage-opt value Storage driver options for the container (default []) - --sysctl value Sysctl options (default map[]) - --tmpfs value Mount a tmpfs directory (default []) - -t, --tty Allocate a pseudo-TTY - --ulimit value Ulimit options (default []) - -u, --user string Username or UID (format: [:]) - --userns string User namespace to use - 'host': Use the Docker host user namespace - '': Use the Docker daemon user namespace specified by `--userns-remap` option. - --uts string UTS namespace to use - -v, --volume value Bind mount a volume (default []). The format - is `[host-src:]container-dest[:]`. - The comma-delimited `options` are [rw|ro], - [z|Z], [[r]shared|[r]slave|[r]private], - [delegated|cached|consistent], and - [nocopy]. The 'host-src' is an absolute path - or a name value. - --volume-driver string Optional volume driver for the container - --volumes-from value Mount volumes from the specified container(s) (default []) - -w, --workdir string Working directory inside the container + --add-host list Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip) + -a, --attach list Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR + --blkio-weight uint16 Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000, or 0 to disable (default 0) + --blkio-weight-device list Block IO weight (relative device weight) (default []) + --cap-add list Add Linux capabilities + --cap-drop list Drop Linux capabilities + --cgroup-parent string Optional parent cgroup for the container + --cgroupns string Cgroup namespace to use (host|private) + 'host': Run the container in the Docker host's cgroup namespace + 'private': Run the container in its own private cgroup namespace + '': Use the cgroup namespace as configured by the + default-cgroupns-mode option on the daemon (default) + --cidfile string Write the container ID to the file + --cpu-period int Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period + --cpu-quota int Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota + --cpu-rt-period int Limit CPU real-time period in microseconds + --cpu-rt-runtime int Limit CPU real-time runtime in microseconds + -c, --cpu-shares int CPU shares (relative weight) + --cpus decimal Number of CPUs + --cpuset-cpus string CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1) + --cpuset-mems string MEMs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1) + -d, --detach Run container in background and print container ID + --detach-keys string Override the key sequence for detaching a container + --device list Add a host device to the container + --device-cgroup-rule list Add a rule to the cgroup allowed devices list + --device-read-bps list Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device (default []) + --device-read-iops list Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device (default []) + --device-write-bps list Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device (default []) + --device-write-iops list Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device (default []) + --disable-content-trust Skip image verification (default true) + --dns list Set custom DNS servers + --dns-option list Set DNS options + --dns-search list Set custom DNS search domains + --domainname string Container NIS domain name + --entrypoint string Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image + -e, --env list Set environment variables + --env-file list Read in a file of environment variables + --expose list Expose a port or a range of ports + --gpus gpu-request GPU devices to add to the container ('all' to pass all GPUs) + --group-add list Add additional groups to join + --health-cmd string Command to run to check health + --health-interval duration Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s) + --health-retries int Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy + --health-start-period duration Start period for the container to initialize before starting health-retries countdown (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s) + --health-timeout duration Maximum time to allow one check to run (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s) + --help Print usage + -h, --hostname string Container host name + --init Run an init inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes + -i, --interactive Keep STDIN open even if not attached + --ip string IPv4 address (e.g., 172.30.100.104) + --ip6 string IPv6 address (e.g., 2001:db8::33) + --ipc string IPC mode to use + --isolation string Container isolation technology + --kernel-memory bytes Kernel memory limit + -l, --label list Set meta data on a container + --label-file list Read in a line delimited file of labels + --link list Add link to another container + --link-local-ip list Container IPv4/IPv6 link-local addresses + --log-driver string Logging driver for the container + --log-opt list Log driver options + --mac-address string Container MAC address (e.g., 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33) + -m, --memory bytes Memory limit + --memory-reservation bytes Memory soft limit + --memory-swap bytes Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: '-1' to enable unlimited swap + --memory-swappiness int Tune container memory swappiness (0 to 100) (default -1) + --mount mount Attach a filesystem mount to the container + --name string Assign a name to the container + --network network Connect a container to a network + --network-alias list Add network-scoped alias for the container + --no-healthcheck Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK + --oom-kill-disable Disable OOM Killer + --oom-score-adj int Tune host's OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000) + --pid string PID namespace to use + --pids-limit int Tune container pids limit (set -1 for unlimited) + --platform string Set platform if server is multi-platform capable + --privileged Give extended privileges to this container + -p, --publish list Publish a container's port(s) to the host + -P, --publish-all Publish all exposed ports to random ports + --pull string Pull image before running ("always"|"missing"|"never") (default "missing") + --read-only Mount the container's root filesystem as read only + --restart string Restart policy to apply when a container exits (default "no") + --rm Automatically remove the container when it exits + --runtime string Runtime to use for this container + --security-opt list Security Options + --shm-size bytes Size of /dev/shm + --sig-proxy Proxy received signals to the process (default true) + --stop-signal string Signal to stop a container (default "SIGTERM") + --stop-timeout int Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container + --storage-opt list Storage driver options for the container + --sysctl map Sysctl options (default map[]) + --tmpfs list Mount a tmpfs directory + -t, --tty Allocate a pseudo-TTY + --ulimit ulimit Ulimit options (default []) + -u, --user string Username or UID (format: [:]) + --userns string User namespace to use + --uts string UTS namespace to use + -v, --volume list Bind mount a volume + --volume-driver string Optional volume driver for the container + --volumes-from list Mount volumes from the specified container(s) + -w, --workdir string Working directory inside the container ``` ## Description @@ -157,9 +126,6 @@ specified image, and then `starts` it using the specified command. That is, previous changes intact using `docker start`. See `docker ps -a` to view a list of all containers. -The `docker run` command can be used in combination with `docker commit` to -[*change the command that a container runs*](commit.md). There is additional detailed information about `docker run` in the [Docker run reference](../run.md). - For information on connecting a container to a network, see the ["*Docker network overview*"](https://docs.docker.com/network/). ## Examples @@ -234,14 +200,14 @@ The `-w` lets the command being executed inside directory given, here $ docker run -it --storage-opt size=120G fedora /bin/bash ``` -This (size) will allow to set the container rootfs size to 120G at creation time. +This (size) will allow to set the container filesystem size to 120G at creation time. This option is only available for the `devicemapper`, `btrfs`, `overlay2`, `windowsfilter` and `zfs` graph drivers. For the `devicemapper`, `btrfs`, `windowsfilter` and `zfs` graph drivers, user cannot pass a size less than the Default BaseFS Size. For the `overlay2` storage driver, the size option is only available if the -backing fs is `xfs` and mounted with the `pquota` mount option. -Under these conditions, user can pass any size less than the backing fs size. +backing filesystem is `xfs` and mounted with the `pquota` mount option. +Under these conditions, user can pass any size less than the backing filesystem size. ### Mount tmpfs (--tmpfs) @@ -286,8 +252,8 @@ specified volumes for the container. $ docker run -t -i -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /path/to/static-docker-binary:/usr/bin/docker busybox sh ``` -By bind-mounting the docker unix socket and statically linked docker -binary (refer to [get the linux binary](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/binaries/#install-static-binaries)), +By bind-mounting the Docker Unix socket and statically linked Docker +binary (refer to [get the Linux binary](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/binaries/#install-static-binaries)), you give the container the full access to create and manipulate the host's Docker daemon. @@ -326,7 +292,7 @@ mounts in a container. The `--mount` flag supports most options that are supported by the `-v` or the `--volume` flag, but uses a different syntax. For in-depth information on the `--mount` flag, and a comparison between `--volume` and `--mount`, refer to -the [service create command reference](service_create.md#add-bind-mounts-volumes-or-memory-filesystems). +[Bind mounts](https://docs.docker.com/storage/bind-mounts/). Even though there is no plan to deprecate `--volume`, usage of `--mount` is recommended. @@ -378,7 +344,7 @@ The `--pull` flag can take one of these values: When creating (and running) a container from an image, the daemon checks if the image exists in the local image cache. If the image is missing, an error is -returned to the cli, allowing it to initiate a pull. +returned to the CLI, allowing it to initiate a pull. The default (`missing`) is to only pull the image if it is not present in the daemon's image cache. This default allows you to run images that only exist @@ -501,9 +467,11 @@ the Docker User Guide. ### Connect a container to a network (--network) When you start a container use the `--network` flag to connect it to a network. -This adds the `busybox` container to the `my-net` network. +The following commands create a network named `my-net`, and adds a `busybox` container +to the `my-net` network. ```console +$ docker network create my-net $ docker run -itd --network=my-net busybox ``` @@ -524,9 +492,9 @@ from different Engines can also communicate in this way. > **Note** > -> Service discovery is unavailable on the default bridge network. Containers can -> communicate via their IP addresses by default. To communicate by name, they -> must be linked. +> The default bridge network only allow containers to communicate with each other using +> internal IP addresses. User-created bridge networks provide DNS resolution between +> containers using container names. You can disconnect a container from a network using the `docker network disconnect` command. @@ -582,12 +550,14 @@ still store what's been written to `STDERR` and `STDOUT`. $ cat somefile | docker run -i -a stdin mybuilder dobuild ``` -This is how piping a file into a container could be done for a build. +This is a way of using `--attach` to pipe a build file into a container. The container's ID will be printed after the build is done and the build logs could be retrieved using `docker logs`. This is useful if you need to pipe a file or something else into a container and retrieve the container's ID once the container has finished running. +See also [the `docker cp` command](/engine/reference/commandline/cp/). + ### Add host device to container (--device) ```console @@ -687,7 +657,7 @@ install [nvidia-container-runtime](https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-container-run Visit [Specify a container's resources](https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/resource_constraints/) for more information. -To use `--gpus`, specify which GPUs (or all) to use. If no value is provied, all +To use `--gpus`, specify which GPUs (or all) to use. If no value is provided, all available GPUs are used. The example below exposes all available GPUs. ```console @@ -798,7 +768,7 @@ Docker doesn't perform any byte conversion. Take this into account when setting #### For `nproc` usage Be careful setting `nproc` with the `ulimit` flag as `nproc` is designed by Linux to set the -maximum number of processes available to a user, not to a container. For example, start four +maximum number of processes available to a user, not to a container. For example, start four containers with `daemon` user: ```console @@ -864,8 +834,8 @@ On Windows, `--isolation` can take one of these values: | `hyperv` | Hyper-V hypervisor partition-based isolation. | The default isolation on Windows server operating systems is `process`, and `hyperv` -on Windows client operating systems, such as Windows 10. Process isolation is more -performant, but requires the image to +on Windows client operating systems, such as Windows 10. Process isolation has better +performance, but requires that the image and host use the same kernel version. On Windows server, assuming the default configuration, these commands are equivalent and result in `process` isolation: