Docker Commands

Docker run command

The docker run command is used to run the Docker container using Docker images.

Example:

docker run hello-world

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Docker inspect command

docker inspect command gives us all the details about the docker container.

In simple terms, the docker inspect command provides all the details of a container.

let's see it with an example,

docker inspect <containerID>

Here, after hitting the docker inspect command we got lots of container details like

• Container ID

• Container Created Time

• Path

• State ( Status, running, paused )

and many more.

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Docker port command

docker port command lists all the port mappings for a container.

Example:

docker port <containerID>

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Docker stats command

docker stats command is used to check the statistics of one or more docker containers like CPU, Memory Usage, PID etc.

Example:

docker stats <containerID>

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Docker top command

The docker top command is used to list all the processes running inside the container.

Example:

top <ContainerID>

As we can see, I am running python inside the docker container, so it is showing python3.

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Docker save command

The docker save command is used to save docker image to tar archive file

Example:

docker save -o <tarfilename>.tar <dockerimagename>

Here, the python:3.6.0.tar file is created using the docker save command

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Docker load command

The docker load command is used to load docker image from tar archive file which was created using docker save command.

Example:

docker load -i <tarfilename>

In the above screenshot, we have loaded python3.6 image from tar archive file using docker load command