I’m new to Docker. So this cheatsheet is primarily for me to help to remember commands for handling containers as well as images.

See Docker command line reference for the whole reference.

Containers

Listing containers

# List running containers 
docker ps

# List all containers
docker ps -a	

Starting/Stopping containers

# Start 
docker start containerName

# Stop
docker stop containerName

Removing containers

# Remove container 
docker rm containerName

# Stop and remove container
docker rm -f containerName

# Remove all exited containers
docker rm -v $(docker ps -a -q -f status=exited)

Running commands in new containers

docker run imageName command arguments

# Example
docker run docker/whalesay cowsay Hello

# Assign a name to the container
docker run --name myName docker/whalesay cowsay Hello

# Run with a specific tag of an image
docker run node:6.9.1 node --version

# Run container in background
docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver nginx

See Docker run reference for more …

Images

Listing local images

docker images

Removing images

docker rmi imageName

# Remove unwanted dangling images
docker rmi $(docker images -f "dangling=true" -q)

Searching for images

# Search the Docker Hub for images
docker search searchWord

Pulling images

docker pull imageName

# Pull a specific tag
docker pull imageName:tag

# Example: Get a specific node version
docker pull node:6.9.1

Building image from Dockerfile

docker build .

# Name the image
docker build -t imageName .

# Tag the image
docker build -t imageName:1.0.0 .

See Dockerfile reference in addition.