github.com/portworx/docker@v1.12.1/man/docker.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % William Henry 3 % APRIL 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker \- Docker image and container command line interface 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker** [OPTIONS] COMMAND [arg...] 9 10 **docker** daemon [--help|...] 11 12 **docker** [--help|-v|--version] 13 14 # DESCRIPTION 15 is a client for interacting with the daemon (see **dockerd(8)**) through the CLI. 16 17 The Docker CLI has over 30 commands. The commands are listed below and each has 18 its own man page which explain usage and arguments. 19 20 To see the man page for a command run **man docker <command>**. 21 22 # OPTIONS 23 **--help** 24 Print usage statement 25 26 **--config**="" 27 Specifies the location of the Docker client configuration files. The default is '~/.docker'. 28 29 **-D**, **--debug**=*true*|*false* 30 Enable debug mode. Default is false. 31 32 **-H**, **--host**=[*unix:///var/run/docker.sock*]: tcp://[host]:[port][path] to bind or 33 unix://[/path/to/socket] to use. 34 The socket(s) to bind to in daemon mode specified using one or more 35 tcp://host:port/path, unix:///path/to/socket, fd://* or fd://socketfd. 36 If the tcp port is not specified, then it will default to either `2375` when 37 `--tls` is off, or `2376` when `--tls` is on, or `--tlsverify` is specified. 38 39 **-l**, **--log-level**="*debug*|*info*|*warn*|*error*|*fatal*" 40 Set the logging level. Default is `info`. 41 42 **--tls**=*true*|*false* 43 Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify. Default is false. 44 45 **--tlscacert**=*~/.docker/ca.pem* 46 Trust certs signed only by this CA. 47 48 **--tlscert**=*~/.docker/cert.pem* 49 Path to TLS certificate file. 50 51 **--tlskey**=*~/.docker/key.pem* 52 Path to TLS key file. 53 54 **--tlsverify**=*true*|*false* 55 Use TLS and verify the remote (daemon: verify client, client: verify daemon). 56 Default is false. 57 58 **-v**, **--version**=*true*|*false* 59 Print version information and quit. Default is false. 60 61 # COMMANDS 62 **attach** 63 Attach to a running container 64 See **docker-attach(1)** for full documentation on the **attach** command. 65 66 **build** 67 Build an image from a Dockerfile 68 See **docker-build(1)** for full documentation on the **build** command. 69 70 **commit** 71 Create a new image from a container's changes 72 See **docker-commit(1)** for full documentation on the **commit** command. 73 74 **cp** 75 Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem 76 See **docker-cp(1)** for full documentation on the **cp** command. 77 78 **create** 79 Create a new container 80 See **docker-create(1)** for full documentation on the **create** command. 81 82 **diff** 83 Inspect changes on a container's filesystem 84 See **docker-diff(1)** for full documentation on the **diff** command. 85 86 **events** 87 Get real time events from the server 88 See **docker-events(1)** for full documentation on the **events** command. 89 90 **exec** 91 Run a command in a running container 92 See **docker-exec(1)** for full documentation on the **exec** command. 93 94 **export** 95 Stream the contents of a container as a tar archive 96 See **docker-export(1)** for full documentation on the **export** command. 97 98 **history** 99 Show the history of an image 100 See **docker-history(1)** for full documentation on the **history** command. 101 102 **images** 103 List images 104 See **docker-images(1)** for full documentation on the **images** command. 105 106 **import** 107 Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball 108 See **docker-import(1)** for full documentation on the **import** command. 109 110 **info** 111 Display system-wide information 112 See **docker-info(1)** for full documentation on the **info** command. 113 114 **inspect** 115 Return low-level information on a container or image 116 See **docker-inspect(1)** for full documentation on the **inspect** command. 117 118 **kill** 119 Kill a running container (which includes the wrapper process and everything 120 inside it) 121 See **docker-kill(1)** for full documentation on the **kill** command. 122 123 **load** 124 Load an image from a tar archive 125 See **docker-load(1)** for full documentation on the **load** command. 126 127 **login** 128 Log in to a Docker Registry 129 See **docker-login(1)** for full documentation on the **login** command. 130 131 **logout** 132 Log the user out of a Docker Registry 133 See **docker-logout(1)** for full documentation on the **logout** command. 134 135 **logs** 136 Fetch the logs of a container 137 See **docker-logs(1)** for full documentation on the **logs** command. 138 139 **pause** 140 Pause all processes within a container 141 See **docker-pause(1)** for full documentation on the **pause** command. 142 143 **port** 144 Lookup the public-facing port which is NAT-ed to PRIVATE_PORT 145 See **docker-port(1)** for full documentation on the **port** command. 146 147 **ps** 148 List containers 149 See **docker-ps(1)** for full documentation on the **ps** command. 150 151 **pull** 152 Pull an image or a repository from a Docker Registry 153 See **docker-pull(1)** for full documentation on the **pull** command. 154 155 **push** 156 Push an image or a repository to a Docker Registry 157 See **docker-push(1)** for full documentation on the **push** command. 158 159 **rename** 160 Rename a container. 161 See **docker-rename(1)** for full documentation on the **rename** command. 162 163 **restart** 164 Restart a container 165 See **docker-restart(1)** for full documentation on the **restart** command. 166 167 **rm** 168 Remove one or more containers 169 See **docker-rm(1)** for full documentation on the **rm** command. 170 171 **rmi** 172 Remove one or more images 173 See **docker-rmi(1)** for full documentation on the **rmi** command. 174 175 **run** 176 Run a command in a new container 177 See **docker-run(1)** for full documentation on the **run** command. 178 179 **save** 180 Save an image to a tar archive 181 See **docker-save(1)** for full documentation on the **save** command. 182 183 **search** 184 Search for an image in the Docker index 185 See **docker-search(1)** for full documentation on the **search** command. 186 187 **start** 188 Start a container 189 See **docker-start(1)** for full documentation on the **start** command. 190 191 **stats** 192 Display a live stream of one or more containers' resource usage statistics 193 See **docker-stats(1)** for full documentation on the **stats** command. 194 195 **stop** 196 Stop a container 197 See **docker-stop(1)** for full documentation on the **stop** command. 198 199 **tag** 200 Tag an image into a repository 201 See **docker-tag(1)** for full documentation on the **tag** command. 202 203 **top** 204 Lookup the running processes of a container 205 See **docker-top(1)** for full documentation on the **top** command. 206 207 **unpause** 208 Unpause all processes within a container 209 See **docker-unpause(1)** for full documentation on the **unpause** command. 210 211 **version** 212 Show the Docker version information 213 See **docker-version(1)** for full documentation on the **version** command. 214 215 **wait** 216 Block until a container stops, then print its exit code 217 See **docker-wait(1)** for full documentation on the **wait** command. 218 219 220 # RUNTIME EXECUTION OPTIONS 221 222 Use the **--exec-opt** flags to specify options to the execution driver. 223 The following options are available: 224 225 #### native.cgroupdriver 226 Specifies the management of the container's `cgroups`. You can specify `cgroupfs` 227 or `systemd`. If you specify `systemd` and it is not available, the system errors 228 out. 229 230 #### Client 231 For specific client examples please see the man page for the specific Docker 232 command. For example: 233 234 man docker-run 235 236 # HISTORY 237 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work.