Docker - Basic Commands

Greetings!

Following are frequently used Docker commands.

1. Check the docker version.
   

   
   docker -version
   
   

   
   
2. Pull image from docker repository.
   

   
   docker pull <image_name:tag>
   docker pull nginx
   
   

   
   
3. List local images.
   

   
   docker images
   
   

   
   
4. Create a container from docker image.
   

   
   docker run
   docker run -it -d nginx
   docker run --name my-nginx -it -d nginx
   
   

   
   
5. List running containers.
   

   
   docker ps
   docker ps -a
   
   

   
   
6. Access the running container.
   

   
   docker exec
   docker exec -it ubuntu bash
   
   

   
   
7. Stop running container.
   

   
   docker stop 
   
   

   
   
8. Kill running container.
   

   
   docker kill 
   
   

   
   
9. Delete a container.
   

   
   docker rm <container_id>
   
   

   
   
10. Delete an image from local storage.
    

    
    docker rmi <image_id>
    
    

    
    
11. Build a docker image from a given Docker file.
    

    
    docker build .