Docker, the basic commands

Download an image
docker pull image_name:image_version

Build an image from a Dockerfile and a context
docker build -t image_name /path/to/dockerfile/

# -t: name of the image

Listing images
docker image ls

Creation of a container
docker run -td \
    -p external_port_number:internal_port_number \
    --expose other_internal_port_number \
    -v host_folder:container_folder \
    --name container_name image_name

# -d: detached mode, run the container in background.

# -p: port redirection.

# --expose: make the port available for other containers but not to the host.
#           The -p option automatically expose the port.

# -v: create a volume on the host and mount it into the container.
#     You can add mounting options like ":ro", ":delegated".
#     Read the doc for more info.

Listing the running containers
docker ps

Listing the running and stopped containers
docker ps --all

Executing a command in a container
docker exec container_name command

# example: docker exec 5fc5f10f9fa0 ls

Executing an interactive bash shell in a container
docker exec -it container_name bash

# -i: interactive mode
# -t: tty

Start and stop a container
docker start my_container
docker stop my_container

Commit the container's content to an image
docker commit container_name image_name

Delete a container
docker container rm container_name
# or its alias
docker rm container_name

# remove all stopped containers
docker container prune

Delete an image
docker image rm image_name
# or its alias
docker rmi image_name

Export and import an image from an archive
docker save --output archive_name.tar image_name
docker load --input archive_name.tar

Get the details of a container
docker inspect container_name

Display the logs of a container
docker logs container_name

Continue your apprenticeship of docker in the tutorial Docker Compose, what is it?.