DockerCLI/docs/reference/commandline/container_create.md

container create

Create a new container

Aliases

docker container create, docker create

Options

Name	Type	Default	Description
--add-host	list		Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)
--annotation	map	map[]	Add an annotation to the container (passed through to the OCI runtime)
-a, --attach	list		Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR
--blkio-weight	uint16	0	Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000, or 0 to disable (default 0)
--blkio-weight-device	list		Block IO weight (relative device weight)
--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-count	int64	0	CPU count (Windows only)
--cpu-percent	int64	0	CPU percent (Windows only)
--cpu-period	int64	0	Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period
--cpu-quota	int64	0	Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota
--cpu-rt-period	int64	0	Limit CPU real-time period in microseconds
--cpu-rt-runtime	int64	0	Limit CPU real-time runtime in microseconds
-c, --cpu-shares	int64	0	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)
--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
--device-read-iops	list		Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device
--device-write-bps	list		Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device
--device-write-iops	list		Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device
--disable-content-trust			Skip image verification
--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	0s	Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
--health-retries	int	0	Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy
--health-start-period	duration	0s	Start period for the container to initialize before starting health-retries countdown (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
--health-timeout	duration	0s	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
--io-maxbandwidth	bytes	0	Maximum IO bandwidth limit for the system drive (Windows only)
--io-maxiops	uint64	0	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 mode to use
--isolation	string		Container isolation technology
--kernel-memory	bytes	0	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	0	Memory limit
--memory-reservation	bytes	0	Memory soft limit
--memory-swap	bytes	0	Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: '-1' to enable unlimited swap
--memory-swappiness	int64	-1	Tune container memory swappiness (0 to 100)
--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	0	Tune host's OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000)
--pid	string		PID namespace to use
--pids-limit	int64	0	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	missing	Pull image before creating (always, |missing, never)
-q, --quiet			Suppress the pull output
--read-only			Mount the container's root filesystem as read only
--restart	string	no	Restart policy to apply when a container exits
--rm			Automatically remove the container when it exits
--runtime	string		Runtime to use for this container
--security-opt	list		Security Options
--shm-size	bytes	0	Size of /dev/shm
--stop-signal	string		Signal to stop the container
--stop-timeout	int	0	Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container
--storage-opt	list		Storage driver options for the container
--sysctl	map	map[]	Sysctl options
--tmpfs	list		Mount a tmpfs directory
-t, --tty			Allocate a pseudo-TTY
--ulimit	ulimit		Ulimit options
-u, --user	string		Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])
--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

See docker create for more information.