Docker Handbook

This is a collection of Docker-related articles and tutorials. It is a work in progress.
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Table of Contents

• Docker Handbook
  • Useful commands
  • Docker-compose examples
    • MySQL
    • Redis
    • SQS
    • DynamoDB
    • Kafka
    • MongoDB

Useful Commands

• Download an image

docker pull <image>

• Start and stop the container

docker [start|stop] <container>

• Run a container with configs

docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver nginx

• Stop or remove all containers

docker [rm|stop] $(docker ps -a -q)

Interacting with Containers

• Run a command in a container

docker exec -it <container> <command>

It's possible run a script:

docker exec -it <container> command.sh

• Copy files from a container

docker cp <container>:<path> <path>

Images

• Delete all images

docker rmi $(docker images -q)

• Remove all unused images

docker image prune

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Developed by Jean Jacques Barros