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The Docker commands

This section contains reference information on using Docker's command line client. Each command has a reference page along with samples. If you are unfamiliar with the command line, you should start by reading about how to Use the Docker command line.

You start the Docker daemon with the command line. How you start the daemon affects your Docker containers. For that reason you should also make sure to read the dockerd reference page.

Docker management commands

Command Description
dockerd Launch the Docker daemon
info Display system-wide information
inspect Return low-level information on a container or image
version Show the Docker version information

Image commands

Command Description
build Build an image from a Dockerfile
commit Create a new image from a container's changes
export Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive
history Show the history of an image
images List images
import Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image
load Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
rmi Remove one or more images
save Save images to a tar archive
tag Tag an image into a repository

Container commands

Command Description
attach Attach to a running container
cp Copy files/folders from a container to a HOSTDIR or to STDOUT
create Create a new container
diff Inspect changes on a container's filesystem
events Get real time events from the server
exec Run a command in a running container
kill Kill a running container
logs Fetch the logs of a container
pause Pause all processes within a container
port List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container
ps List containers
rename Rename a container
restart Restart a running container
rm Remove one or more containers
run Run a command in a new container
start Start one or more stopped containers
stats Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
stop Stop a running container
top Display the running processes of a container
unpause Unpause all processes within a container
update Update configuration of one or more containers
wait Block until a container stops, then print its exit code

Hub and registry commands

Command Description
login Register or log in to a Docker registry
logout Log out from a Docker registry
pull Pull an image or a repository from a Docker registry
push Push an image or a repository to a Docker registry
search Search the Docker Hub for images

Network and connectivity commands

Command Description
network connect Connect a container to a network
network create Create a new network
network disconnect Disconnect a container from a network
network inspect Display information about a network
network ls Lists all the networks the Engine daemon knows about
network rm Removes one or more networks

Shared data volume commands

Command Description
volume create Creates a new volume where containers can consume and store data
volume inspect Display information about a volume
volume ls Lists all the volumes Docker knows about
volume rm Remove one or more volumes

Swarm node commands

Command Description
node accept Accept a node into the swarm
node promote Promote a node that is pending a promotion to manager
node demote Demotes an existing manager so that it is no longer a manager
node inspect Inspect a node in the swarm
node update Update attributes for a node
node tasks List tasks running on a node
node ls List nodes in the swarm
node rm Remove a node from the swarm

Swarm swarm commands

Command Description
swarm init Initialize a Swarm
swarm join Join a Swarm as a manager node or worker node
swarm leave Remove the current node from the swarm
swarm update Update attributes of a swarm

Swarm service commands

Command Description
service create Create a new service
service inspect Inspect a service
service ls List services in the swarm
service rm Reemove a swervice from the swarm
service scale Set the number of replicas for the desired state of the service
service tasks List the tasks of a service
service update Update the attributes of a service