github.com/olljanat/moby@v1.13.1/docs/reference/commandline/index.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "Docker commands" 3 description: "Docker's CLI command description and usage" 4 keywords: "Docker, Docker documentation, CLI, command line" 5 identifier: "smn_cli_guide" 6 --- 7 8 <!-- This file is maintained within the docker/docker Github 9 repository at https://github.com/docker/docker/. Make all 10 pull requests against that repo. If you see this file in 11 another repository, consider it read-only there, as it will 12 periodically be overwritten by the definitive file. Pull 13 requests which include edits to this file in other repositories 14 will be rejected. 15 --> 16 17 # The Docker commands 18 19 This section contains reference information on using Docker's command line 20 client. Each command has a reference page along with samples. If you are 21 unfamiliar with the command line, you should start by reading about how to [Use 22 the Docker command line](cli.md). 23 24 You start the Docker daemon with the command line. How you start the daemon 25 affects your Docker containers. For that reason you should also make sure to 26 read the [`dockerd`](dockerd.md) reference page. 27 28 ### Docker management commands 29 30 | Command | Description | 31 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 32 | [dockerd](dockerd.md) | Launch the Docker daemon | 33 | [info](info.md) | Display system-wide information | 34 | [inspect](inspect.md)| Return low-level information on a container or image | 35 | [version](version.md) | Show the Docker version information | 36 37 38 ### Image commands 39 40 | Command | Description | 41 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 42 | [build](build.md) | Build an image from a Dockerfile | 43 | [commit](commit.md) | Create a new image from a container's changes | 44 | [history](history.md) | Show the history of an image | 45 | [images](images.md) | List images | 46 | [import](import.md) | Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image | 47 | [load](load.md) | Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN | 48 | [rmi](rmi.md) | Remove one or more images | 49 | [save](save.md) | Save images to a tar archive | 50 | [tag](tag.md) | Tag an image into a repository | 51 52 ### Container commands 53 54 | Command | Description | 55 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 56 | [attach](attach.md) | Attach to a running container | 57 | [cp](cp.md) | Copy files/folders from a container to a HOSTDIR or to STDOUT | 58 | [create](create.md) | Create a new container | 59 | [diff](diff.md) | Inspect changes on a container's filesystem | 60 | [events](events.md) | Get real time events from the server | 61 | [exec](exec.md) | Run a command in a running container | 62 | [export](export.md) | Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive | 63 | [kill](kill.md) | Kill a running container | 64 | [logs](logs.md) | Fetch the logs of a container | 65 | [pause](pause.md) | Pause all processes within a container | 66 | [port](port.md) | List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container | 67 | [ps](ps.md) | List containers | 68 | [rename](rename.md) | Rename a container | 69 | [restart](restart.md) | Restart a running container | 70 | [rm](rm.md) | Remove one or more containers | 71 | [run](run.md) | Run a command in a new container | 72 | [start](start.md) | Start one or more stopped containers | 73 | [stats](stats.md) | Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics | 74 | [stop](stop.md) | Stop a running container | 75 | [top](top.md) | Display the running processes of a container | 76 | [unpause](unpause.md) | Unpause all processes within a container | 77 | [update](update.md) | Update configuration of one or more containers | 78 | [wait](wait.md) | Block until a container stops, then print its exit code | 79 80 ### Hub and registry commands 81 82 | Command | Description | 83 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 84 | [login](login.md) | Register or log in to a Docker registry | 85 | [logout](logout.md) | Log out from a Docker registry | 86 | [pull](pull.md) | Pull an image or a repository from a Docker registry | 87 | [push](push.md) | Push an image or a repository to a Docker registry | 88 | [search](search.md) | Search the Docker Hub for images | 89 90 ### Network and connectivity commands 91 92 | Command | Description | 93 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 94 | [network connect](network_connect.md) | Connect a container to a network | 95 | [network create](network_create.md) | Create a new network | 96 | [network disconnect](network_disconnect.md) | Disconnect a container from a network | 97 | [network inspect](network_inspect.md) | Display information about a network | 98 | [network ls](network_ls.md) | Lists all the networks the Engine `daemon` knows about | 99 | [network rm](network_rm.md) | Removes one or more networks | 100 101 102 ### Shared data volume commands 103 104 | Command | Description | 105 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 106 | [volume create](volume_create.md) | Creates a new volume where containers can consume and store data | 107 | [volume inspect](volume_inspect.md) | Display information about a volume | 108 | [volume ls](volume_ls.md) | Lists all the volumes Docker knows about | 109 | [volume prune](volume_prune.md) | Remove all unused volumes | 110 | [volume rm](volume_rm.md) | Remove one or more volumes | 111 112 113 ### Swarm node commands 114 115 | Command | Description | 116 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 117 | [node promote](node_promote.md) | Promote a node that is pending a promotion to manager | 118 | [node demote](node_demote.md) | Demotes an existing manager so that it is no longer a manager | 119 | [node inspect](node_inspect.md) | Inspect a node in the swarm | 120 | [node update](node_update.md) | Update attributes for a node | 121 | [node ps](node_ps.md) | List tasks running on one or more nodes | 122 | [node ls](node_ls.md) | List nodes in the swarm | 123 | [node rm](node_rm.md) | Remove one or more nodes from the swarm | 124 125 ### Swarm swarm commands 126 127 | Command | Description | 128 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 129 | [swarm init](swarm_init.md) | Initialize a swarm | 130 | [swarm join](swarm_join.md) | Join a swarm as a manager node or worker node | 131 | [swarm leave](swarm_leave.md) | Remove the current node from the swarm | 132 | [swarm update](swarm_update.md) | Update attributes of a swarm | 133 | [swarm join-token](swarm_join_token.md) | Display or rotate join tokens | 134 135 ### Swarm service commands 136 137 | Command | Description | 138 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 139 | [service create](service_create.md) | Create a new service | 140 | [service inspect](service_inspect.md) | Inspect a service | 141 | [service ls](service_ls.md) | List services in the swarm | 142 | [service rm](service_rm.md) | Remove a service from the swarm | 143 | [service scale](service_scale.md) | Set the number of replicas for the desired state of the service | 144 | [service ps](service_ps.md) | List the tasks of a service | 145 | [service update](service_update.md) | Update the attributes of a service | 146 147 ### Swarm secret commands 148 149 | Command | Description | 150 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 151 | [secret create](secret_create.md) | Create a secret from a file or STDIN as content | 152 | [secret inspect](service_inspect.md) | Inspect the specified secret | 153 | [secret ls](secret_ls.md) | List secrets in the swarm | 154 | [secret rm](secret_rm.md) | Remove the specified secrets from the swarm | 155 156 ### Swarm stack commands 157 158 | Command | Description | 159 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 160 | [stack deploy](stack_deploy.md) | Deploy a new stack or update an existing stack | 161 | [stack ls](stack_ls.md) | List stacks in the swarm | 162 | [stack ps](stack_ps.md) | List the tasks in the stack | 163 | [stack rm](stack_rm.md) | Remove the stack from the swarm | 164 | [stack services](stack_services.md) | List the services in the stack | 165 166 ### Plugin commands 167 168 | Command | Description | 169 |:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 170 | [plugin create](plugin_create.md) | Create a plugin from a rootfs and configuration | 171 | [plugin disable](plugin_disable.md) | Disable a plugin | 172 | [plugin enbale](plugin_enable.md) | Enable a plugin | 173 | [plugin inspect](plugin_inspect.md) | Display detailed information on a plugin | 174 | [plugin install](plugin_install.md) | Install a plugin | 175 | [plugin ls](plugin_ls.md) | List plugins | 176 | [plugin push](plugin_push.md) | Push a plugin to a registry | 177 | [plugin rm](plugin_rm.md) | Remove a plugin | 178 | [plugin set](plugin_set.md) | Change settings for a plugin |