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Docker quick start guide

Docker is a quick and efficient tool to deploy and run apps. It allows you to deploy apps in just one command, with a consistent platform and no messy dependency requirements.

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Let's see the commands that docker has, as of version 1.6.2:

 

    attach    Attach to a running container

    build     Build an image from a Dockerfile

    commit    Create a new image from a container's changes

    cp        Copy files/folders from a container's filesystem to the host path

    create    Create a new container

    diff      Inspect changes on a container's filesystem

    events    Get real time events from the server

    exec      Run a command in a running container

    export    Stream the contents of a container as a tar archive

    history   Show the history of an image

    images    List images

    import    Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball

    info      Display system-wide information

    inspect   Return low-level information on a container or image

    kill      Kill a running container

    load      Load an image from a tar archive

    login     Register or log in to a Docker registry server

    logout    Log out from a Docker registry server

    logs      Fetch the logs of a container

    port      Lookup the public-facing port that is NAT-ed to PRIVATE_PORT

    pause     Pause all processes within a container

    ps        List containers

    pull      Pull an image or a repository from a Docker registry server

    push      Push an image or a repository to a Docker registry server

    rename    Rename an existing container

    restart   Restart a running container

    rm        Remove one or more containers

    rmi       Remove one or more images

    run       Run a command in a new container

    save      Save an image to a tar archive

    search    Search for an image on the Docker Hub

    start     Start a stopped container

    stats     Display a stream of a containers' resource usage statistics

    stop      Stop a running container

    tag       Tag an image into a repository

    top       Lookup the running processes of a container

    unpause   Unpause a paused container

    version   Show the Docker version information

    wait      Block until a container stops, then print its exit code

 

If you need to know more about a command, simply run docker COMMAND --help for more information on a command.

 

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