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Docker Cheatsheet

A cheat sheet is a concise summary of important information that is meant to be used as a quick
reference. Cheatsheets are often used in the form of a list or a table, and they typically cover a
specific topic or subject area. In the context of Docker, a Docker cheatsheet is a summary of
commonly used Docker commands and their options and other useful information related to Docker.

Cheatsheets can be particularly helpful when learning a new tool or technology, as they provide a
convenient way to quickly look up and remind oneself of key concepts and commands. They can also
be useful for experienced users who need to recall a specific command or option but may not
remember all the details.

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The Docker CLI

1. Manage Docker Images
Build a Docker Image:

Command: docker build

docker build [options]. -t "app/container_name" # name

Description: Create an image from a Dockerfile.

2. Run a Docker Container:

Run a command in an image .

Command: docker run

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docker run [options] IMAGE

# see `docker create` for options

Description: Run a command in an image .

3. Manage containers
docker create
docker create [options] IMAGE
-a, --attach # attach stdout/err
-i, --interactive # attach stdin (interactive)
-t, --tty # pseudo-tty
--name NAME # name your image
-p, --publish 5000:5000 # port map
--expose 5432 # expose a port to linked containers
-P, --publish-all # publish all ports
--link container:alias # linking
-v, --volume `pwd`:/app # mount (absolute paths needed)
-e, --env NAME=hello # env vars

Example

$ docker create --name app_redis_1 \

--expose 6379 \
redis:3.0.2

Create a container from an image .

4. Executing command in a container

docker exec
docker exec [options] CONTAINER COMMAND
-d, --detach # run in background
-i, --interactive # stdin
-t, --tty # interactive

Example

$ docker exec app_web_1 tail logs/development.log

$ docker exec -t -i app_web_1 rails c

Run commands in a container .

5. Start a Container
docker start

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docker start [options] CONTAINER
-a, --attach # attach stdout/err
-i, --interactive # attach stdin

docker stop [options] CONTAINER

Start/stop a container .

6. Managing Container
docker ps
$ docker ps
$ docker ps -a
$ docker kill $ID

Manage container s using ps/kill.

7. Managing Images
docker images
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG ID
ubuntu 12.10 b750fe78269d
me/myapp latest 7b2431a8d968

$ docker images -a # also show intermediate

Manages image s.

8. Delete Image
docker rmi
docker rmi b750fe78269d

Deletes image s.

Also see
Getting Started (docker.io)

9. Dockerfile
Inheritance
FROM ruby:2.2.2

Variables
ENV APP_HOME /myapp
RUN mkdir $APP_HOME

Initialization

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RUN bundle install

WORKDIR /myapp

VOLUME ["/data"]
# Specification for mount point

ADD file.xyz /file.xyz

COPY --chown=user:group host_file.xyz /path/container_file.xyz

Onbuild
ONBUILD RUN bundle install
# when used with another file

Commands
EXPOSE 5900
CMD ["bundle", "exec", "rails", "server"]

Entrypoint
ENTRYPOINT ["executable", "param1", "param2"]
ENTRYPOINT command param1 param2

Configures a container that will run as an executable.

ENTRYPOINT exec top -b

This will use shell processing to substitute shell variables, and will ignore any CMD or docker
run command line arguments.

Metadata
LABEL version="1.0"

LABEL "com.example.vendor"="ACME Incorporated"

LABEL com.example.label-with-value="foo"

LABEL description="This text illustrates \

that label-values can span multiple lines."

See also
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/

docker-compose
Basic example

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# docker-compose.yml
version: '2'

services:
web:
build: .
# build from Dockerfile
context: ./Path
dockerfile: Dockerfile
ports:
- "5000:5000"
volumes:
- .:/code
redis:
image: redis

Commands
docker-compose start
docker-compose stop

docker-compose pause
docker-compose unpause

docker-compose ps
docker-compose up
docker-compose down

Reference
{: .-three-column}

Building
web:
# build from Dockerfile
build: .

# build from custom Dockerfile

build:
context: ./dir
dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev

# build from image

image: ubuntu
image: ubuntu:14.04
image: tutum/influxdb
image: example-registry:4000/postgresql
image: a4bc65fd

Ports
ports:
- "3000"
- "8000:80" # guest:host

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# expose ports to linked services (not to host)

expose: ["3000"]

Commands
# command to execute
command: bundle exec thin -p 3000
command: [bundle, exec, thin, -p, 3000]

# override the entrypoint

entrypoint: /app/start.sh
entrypoint: [php, -d, vendor/bin/phpunit]

Environment variables
# environment vars
environment:
RACK_ENV: development
environment:
- RACK_ENV=development

# environment vars from file

env_file: .env
env_file: [.env, .development.env]

Dependencies
# makes the `db` service available as the hostname `database`
# (implies depends_on)
links:
- db:database
- redis

# make sure `db` is alive before starting

depends_on:
- db

Other options
# make this service extend another
extends:
file: common.yml # optional
service: webapp

volumes:
- /var/lib/mysql
- ./_data:/var/lib/mysql

Advanced features
Labels

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services:
web:
labels:
com.example.description: "Accounting web app"

DNS servers
services:
web:
dns: 8.8.8.8
dns:
- 8.8.8.8
- 8.8.4.4

Devices
services:
web:
devices:
- "/dev/ttyUSB0:/dev/ttyUSB0"

External links
services:
web:
external_links:
- redis_1
- project_db_1:mysql

Hosts
services:
web:
extra_hosts:
- "somehost:192.168.1.100"

sevices
To view list of all the services runnning in swarm

docker service ls

To see all running services

docker stack services stack_name

to see all services logs

docker service logs stack_name service_name

To scale services quickly across qualified node

docker service scale stack_name_service_name=replicas

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Cleaning up
To clean or prune unused (dangling) images

docker image prune

To remove all images which are not in use containers , add – a

docker image prune -a

To Prune your entire system

docker system prune

To leave swarm

docker swarm leave

To remove swarm ( deletes all volume data and database info)

docker stack rm stack_name

To kill all running containers

docker kill $(docker ps -q )

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