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The Ultimate Docker Cheat Sheet

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The Ultimate Docker Cheat Sheet

A cheatsheet 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, as well as 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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Table of Contents
Categories
🐳 Basic Docker CLIs
🧰 Container Management CLIs
🧑‍💻 Inspecting the Container
🧑‍💻 Interacting with Container
🫙 Image Management Commands
🧪 Image Transfer Commands
🏗️Builder Main Commands
⚙️The Docker CLI
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Contributors
💬 Support and Community
👉 References

Basic Docker CLIs

Here’s the list of the basic Docker commands that works on both Docker Desktop as well as Docker Engine:

Container Management CLIs

Here’s the list of the Docker commands that manages Docker images and containers flawlessly:

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Inspecting The Container

Here’s the list of the basic Docker commands that helps you inspect the containers seamlessly:

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Interacting with Container

Do you want to know how to access the containers? Check out these fundamental commands:

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Image Management Commands

Here’s the list of Docker commands that helps you manage the Docker Images:

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Image Transfer Commands

Here’s the list of Docker image transfer commands:

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Builder Main Commands

Want to know how to build Docker Image? Do check out the list of Image Build Commands:

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The Docker CLI

Manage images

docker build

docker build [options] .

-t "app/container_name" # name

Create an image from a Dockerfile.

docker run

docker run [options] IMAGE

# see `docker create` for options

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Run a command in an image .

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 .

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 .

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docker start

docker start [options] CONTAINER

-a, --attach # attach stdout/err
-i, --interactive # attach stdin

docker stop [options] CONTAINER

Start/stop a container .

docker ps

$ docker ps
$ docker ps -a
$ docker kill $ID

Manage container s using ps/kill.

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.

docker rmi

docker rmi b750fe78269d

Deletes image s.

Also see
Getting Started (docker.io)

Dockerfile
Inheritance
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FROM ruby:2.2.2

Variables

ENV APP_HOME /myapp

RUN mkdir $APP_HOME

Initialization

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.

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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

# 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

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Reference

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

# 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

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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

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

DNS servers

services:
web:
dns: 8.8.8.8
dns:

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- 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

clean up
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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 $(docekr ps -q )

Contributors
Sangam biradar - Docker Community Leader
Ajeet Singh Raina - Docker Captain, Collabnix

Support and Community

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support you. Feel free to raise PR and get your favorite Cheat Sheet added to the list via PR, or you can connect
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