Linux

 

 

 

Docker - Installation and Basic Operation   

 

This note is not anything about theoretical aspect of Docker or deep underline technology. You would find a lot of those informations by googling or from youTube. This note is just a collection of operation tips that is intended to be used as a cheatsheet for you (for me as well).

 

 

 

 

My Setup

 

Following is the high level diagram of my setup where I am doing most of the operations listed in this page.

 

 

 

 

Docker Installation 

 

 

sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common

 

 

 

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

 

 

 

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable"

 

 

 

apt-cache policy docker-ce

 

 

 

sudo apt update

 

 

sudo apt install docker-ce

 

 

sudo systemctl status docker

 

 

 

 

Run the hello-world image into a container in the docker

 

 

docker run hello-world

 

 

 

 

List images on local repository

 

docker images

 

 

 

 

List containers

 

docker container ls -a

 

 

 

Remove containers / remove images

 

docker rm [container name or container id]

docker imi [image name]

NOTE : you need stop the container before you remove it (you can stop the container with 'docker stop [container name or id]')

 

 

 

 

Install an OS in the docker

 

 

docker search [OS]

 

 

 

docker pull [OS]

 

 

 

docker ps

 

 

 

docker container stop determined_hermann

 

 

 

docker container start determined_hermann

 

 

 

 

Getting Into the Container

 

 

docker exec -it [container name or id] [command line processor name]

 

 

 

 

Finding the IP address of a container

 

 

docker inspect [container name or id]

 

 

 

 

docker exec -it [container name or id] | grep IPAddress

 

 

 

 

Installing Application Software into a container

 

Refer to this note for installation of the application software.

 

 

 

Creating a New Docker Image

 

 

docker commit [container id] [repository name]

 

 

 

 

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