DevOps, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure Automation Zola 2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00 https://esmaeele.github.io/tags/docker/atom.xml 2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00 2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00 EsmaeelE https://esmaeele.github.io/blog/docker-commands/ <h1 id="docker-commands">Docker Commands</h1> <p>Essential Docker commands for daily use.</p> <h2 id="images">Images</h2> <pre class="giallo" style="color: #CDD6F4; background-color: #1E1E2E;"><code data-lang="shellscript"><span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> images</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> pull</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">imag</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> build -t</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">nam</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> .</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> rmi</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">imag</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> image prune -a</span></span></code></pre><h2 id="containers">Containers</h2> <pre class="giallo" style="color: #CDD6F4; background-color: #1E1E2E;"><code data-lang="shellscript"><span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> ps</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> ps -a</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> run -d --name</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">nam</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> -p 8080:80</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">imag</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> stop</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">containe</span><span>r</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> start</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">containe</span><span>r</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> rm</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">containe</span><span>r</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> container prune</span></span></code></pre><h2 id="volumes">Volumes</h2> <pre class="giallo" style="color: #CDD6F4; background-color: #1E1E2E;"><code data-lang="shellscript"><span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> volume ls</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> volume create</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">nam</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> volume rm</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">nam</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> run -v</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">volum</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">:/data</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">imag</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span></code></pre><h2 id="networks">Networks</h2> <pre class="giallo" style="color: #CDD6F4; background-color: #1E1E2E;"><code data-lang="shellscript"><span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> network ls</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> network create</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">nam</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> network rm</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">nam</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> network inspect</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">nam</span><span>e</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span></code></pre><h2 id="logs-debug">Logs &amp; Debug</h2> <pre class="giallo" style="color: #CDD6F4; background-color: #1E1E2E;"><code data-lang="shellscript"><span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> logs</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">containe</span><span>r</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> -f</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> exec -it</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">containe</span><span>r</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> /bin/sh</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> stats</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> inspect</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;"> &lt;</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;">containe</span><span>r</span><span style="color: #94E2D5;">&gt;</span></span></code></pre><h2 id="cleanup">Cleanup</h2> <pre class="giallo" style="color: #CDD6F4; background-color: #1E1E2E;"><code data-lang="shellscript"><span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> system df</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> system prune -a</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span style="color: #89B4FA;font-style: italic;">docker</span><span style="color: #A6E3A1;"> volume prune</span></span></code></pre>