github.com/kaisenlinux/docker.io@v0.0.0-20230510090727-ea55db55fac7/cli/man/docker.1.md (about) 1 % "DOCKER" "1" "APRIL 2014" "Docker Community" "Docker User Manuals" 2 3 # NAME 4 docker \- Docker image and container command line interface 5 6 # SYNOPSIS 7 **docker** [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARG...] 8 9 **docker** [--help|-v|--version] 10 11 # DESCRIPTION 12 **docker** is a client for interacting with the daemon (see **dockerd(8)**) through the CLI. 13 14 The Docker CLI has over 30 commands. The commands are listed below and each has 15 its own man page which explain usage and arguments. 16 17 To see the man page for a command run **man docker <command>**. 18 19 # OPTIONS 20 **--help** 21 Print usage statement 22 23 **--config**="" 24 Specifies the location of the Docker client configuration files. The default is '~/.docker'. 25 26 **-D**, **--debug**=*true*|*false* 27 Enable debug mode. Default is false. 28 29 **-H**, **--host**=[*unix:///var/run/docker.sock*]: tcp://[host]:[port][path] to bind or 30 unix://[/path/to/socket] to use. 31 The socket(s) to bind to in daemon mode specified using one or more 32 tcp://host:port/path, unix:///path/to/socket, fd://* or fd://socketfd. 33 If the tcp port is not specified, then it will default to either `2375` when 34 `--tls` is off, or `2376` when `--tls` is on, or `--tlsverify` is specified. 35 36 **-l**, **--log-level**="*debug*|*info*|*warn*|*error*|*fatal*" 37 Set the logging level. Default is `info`. 38 39 **--tls**=*true*|*false* 40 Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify. Default is false. 41 42 **--tlscacert**=*~/.docker/ca.pem* 43 Trust certs signed only by this CA. 44 45 **--tlscert**=*~/.docker/cert.pem* 46 Path to TLS certificate file. 47 48 **--tlskey**=*~/.docker/key.pem* 49 Path to TLS key file. 50 51 **--tlsverify**=*true*|*false* 52 Use TLS and verify the remote (daemon: verify client, client: verify daemon). 53 Default is false. 54 55 **-v**, **--version**=*true*|*false* 56 Print version information and quit. Default is false. 57 58 # COMMANDS 59 60 Use "docker help" or "docker --help" to get an overview of available commands. 61 62 # EXAMPLES 63 For specific client examples please see the man page for the specific Docker 64 command. For example: 65 66 man docker-run 67 68 # HISTORY 69 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work.