DOCKER.md

Common Docker Commands

This document provides a list of common Docker commands along with brief descriptions.

The base command for the Docker CLI. Reference documentation.

Container Management

Command	Description
docker run	Run a command in a new container.
docker start	Start one or more stopped containers.
docker stop	Stop one or more running containers.
docker restart	Restart one or more containers.
docker pause	Pause all processes within one or more containers.
docker unpause	Unpause all processes within one or more containers.
docker rm	Remove one or more containers.
docker ps	List containers.
docker exec	Run a command in a running container.
docker logs	Fetch the logs of a container.
docker inspect	Return low-level information on Docker objects.
docker top	Display the running processes of a container.
docker attach	Attach local standard input, output, and error streams to a running container.
docker update	Update configuration of one or more containers.

Image Management

Command	Description
docker build	Build an image from a Dockerfile.
docker pull	Pull an image or a repository from a registry.
docker push	Push an image or a repository to a registry.
docker images	List images.
docker rmi	Remove one or more images.
docker tag	Create a tag TARGET_IMAGE that refers to SOURCE_IMAGE.
docker save	Save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default).
docker load	Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN.
docker history	Show the history of an image.

Network Management

Command	Description
docker network create	Create a new network.
docker network inspect	Display detailed information on one or more networks.
docker network ls	List networks.
docker network rm	Remove one or more networks.
docker network connect	Connect a container to a network.
docker network disconnect	Disconnect a container from a network.

Volume Management

Command	Description
docker volume create	Create a new volume.
docker volume inspect	Display detailed information about one or more volumes.
docker volume ls	List volumes.
docker volume rm	Remove one or more volumes.
docker volume prune	Remove all unused local volumes.

System Management

Command	Description
docker info	Display system-wide information.
docker version	Show the Docker version information.
docker system df	Show Docker disk usage.
docker system prune	Remove unused data.
docker stats	Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics.

Docker Compose

Command	Description
docker compose up	Build, (re)create, start, and attach to containers for a service.
docker compose down	Stop and remove containers, networks, images, and volumes.
docker compose build	Build or rebuild services.
docker compose start	Start existing containers.
docker compose stop	Stop running containers without removing them.
docker compose restart	Restart running containers.
docker compose ps	List containers.
docker compose logs	View output from containers.
docker compose exec	Execute a command in a running container.
docker compose run	Run a one-off command on a service.
docker compose pull	Pull service images.
docker compose config	Validate and view the Compose file.

These commands form the basic toolkit for managing Docker containers, images, networks, volumes, and system-wide information.