Docker Cheat Sheet ​

Build ​

Build an image from the Dockerfile in the current directory and tag the image

docker build -t myimage:1.0 .

List all images that are locally stored with the Docker Engine

docker image ls

Delete an image from the local image store

docker image rm alpine:3.4

Exec ​

docker exec -it mongodb bash

Share ​

Pull an image from a registry

docker pull myimage:1.0

Retag a local image with a new image name and tag

docker tag myimage:1.0 myrepo/myimage:2.0

Push an image to a registry

docker push myrepo/myimage:2.0

Run ​

Run a container from the Alpine version 3.9 image, name the running container “web” and expose port 5000 externally, mapped to port 80 inside the container.

docker container run --name web -p 5000:80 alpine:3.9

Stop a running container through SIGTERM

docker container stop web

Stop a running container through SIGKILL

docker container kill web

List the networks

docker network ls

List the running containers (add --all to include stopped containers)

docker container ls

Delete all running and stopped containers

docker container rm -f $(docker ps -aq)

Print the last 100 lines of a container’s logs

docker container logs --tail 100 web

Docker Management ​

All commands below are called as options to the base docker command. Run docker <command> --help for more information on a particular command.