Docker

Build, run, and manage containers and images. Streamline your development workflow with Docker Compose and networking.

153 commands

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Getting Started

Quick setup and installation

3commands

Containers

Container operations

35commands

Images

Image management

18commands

Volumes

Volume operations

9commands

Networks

Network management

10commands

Compose

Docker Compose

27commands

Buildx

Multi-platform builds

17commands

System

System operations

13commands

Security

Scout & scanning

5commands

Swarm

Docker Swarm orchestration

16commands

Verify Docker installation

$ docker --version

Check if Docker is installed and display version

Run Hello World container

$ docker run hello-world

Test Docker installation by running a simple container

List running containers

$ docker ps

Show all currently running Docker containers

List volumes

$ docker volume ls

Show all Docker volumes.

Create volume

$ docker volume create <volume-name>

Create a named volume.

Inspect volume

$ docker volume inspect <volume-name>

Show volume details and mount point.

Remove volume

$ docker volume rm <volume-name>

Remove a volume.

Remove unused volumes

$ docker volume prune

Remove all unused volumes.

Run with volume mount

$ docker run -v <volume>:/app/data <image>

Mount named volume to container.

Run with bind mount

$ docker run -v $(pwd):/app -w /app <image>

Mount current directory into container.

Run with read-only mount

$ docker run -v /host/path:/container/path:ro <image>

Mount volume as read-only.

Run with tmpfs mount

$ docker run --tmpfs /tmp <image>

Mount temporary filesystem in memory.

List networks

$ docker network ls

Show all Docker networks.

Create network

$ docker network create <network-name>

Create a bridge network.

Create network with subnet

$ docker network create --subnet=172.18.0.0/16 <network>

Create network with custom subnet.

Inspect network

$ docker network inspect <network>

Show network details and connected containers.

Connect container to network

$ docker network connect <network> <container>

Connect running container to network.

Disconnect from network

$ docker network disconnect <network> <container>

Disconnect container from network.

Remove network

$ docker network rm <network>

Remove a network.

Remove unused networks

$ docker network prune

Remove all unused networks.

Run with network

$ docker run --network=<network> <image>

Run container on specific network.

Run with host network

$ docker run --network=host <image>

Use host's network stack directly.

Show disk usage

$ docker system df

Show Docker disk space usage.

Show detailed disk usage

$ docker system df -v

Show detailed space usage.

Prune everything

$ docker system prune -a --volumes

Remove all unused data.

Prune with filter

$ docker system prune --filter 'until=24h'

Remove data older than 24 hours.

Docker info

$ docker info

Display system-wide information.

Docker version

$ docker version

Show Docker version info.

Docker events

$ docker events

Stream real-time Docker events.

Login to registry

$ docker login <registry>

Authenticate to Docker registry.

Logout from registry

$ docker logout <registry>

Log out from Docker registry.

Initialize Docker project

$ docker init

Scaffold Dockerfile, compose.yaml, and .dockerignore for your project.

Create remote context

$ docker context create <name> --docker "host=ssh://user@host"

Create Docker context for managing remote Docker hosts via SSH.

List Docker contexts

$ docker context ls

List all available Docker contexts and active context.

Switch Docker context

$ docker context use <name>

Switch to a different Docker context to manage remote hosts.

Scan image for vulnerabilities

$ docker scout cves <image>

Display CVEs in image.

Quick vulnerability scan

$ docker scout quickview <image>

Quick vulnerability overview.

Compare image security

$ docker scout compare <image1> <image2>

Compare vulnerabilities between images.

Get recommendations

$ docker scout recommendations <image>

Get security recommendations.

View software bill of materials

$ docker scout sbom <image>

Display detailed software bill of materials (SBOM) for image.

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