Docker Cheatsheet Container lifecycle Logging and monitoring

Tutorial Series Create a container: docker create imageName . Logging on Docker could be challenging - check Top 10 Docker Logging Gotchas.
Create and start a container in one operation: docker run imageName
Remove the container after it stops --rm : docker run --rm alpine ls /usr/lib Show container logs: docker logs containerName
Get started with Docker: https://docs.docker.com/engine/getstarted/ Show only new logs: docker logs -f containerName
Attach the container stdin/stdout to the current terminal use -it : docker run -it ubuntu bash
To mount a directory on the host to a container add -v option, eg Show CPU and memory usage: docker stats
Installation docker run -v $HOSTDIR:$DOCKERDIR imageName Show CPU and memory usage for specific containers: docker stats containerName1 containerName2
To map a container port use -p $HOSTPORT:$CONTAINERPORT : docker run -p 8080:80 nginx Show running processes in a container: docker top containerName
Show Docker events: docker events
Linux To run the container in background use -d swi tch: docker run -d -p 8080:80 nginx
Set container name: docker run --name myContainerName imageName Show storage usage: docker system df
Install script provided by Docker: Example to run nginx web server to serve files from html directory on port 8080: To run a container with a custom logging driver i.e., to syslog use
docker run \ -–log-driver syslog –-log-opt syslog-address=udp://syslog-server:514 \ alpine
echo hello world
curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh docker run -d -v $(pwd)/html:/usr/share/nginx/html -p 8080:80 --name myNginx .
nginx Use Sematext Docker Agent for log collection. Create Docker Monitoring App & Logs App in Sematext Cloud UI
# access the webserver to get required tokens. Start collecting all container metrics, host metrics, container logs and Docker events:
Or see Installation instructions for your Linux distribution. curl http://localhost:8080

Mac OS X In some cases containers need extended privileges. Add privileges with the --cap_add switch, eg
docker run -d --name sematext-agent-docker \
-e SPM_TOKEN=YOUR_SPM_TOKEN
Download and install Docker For Mac docker run --cap-add SYS_ADMIN imageName . The flag --cap_drop is used to remove priviledges -e LOGSENE_TOKEN=YOUR_LOGSENE_TOKEN \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
Rename a container: docker rename name newName sematext/sematext-agent-docker
Create Docker VM with Docker Machine
Delete a container: docker rm containerID
You can use Docker Machine to: The command above will collect all container metrics, host metrics, container logs and Docker events.
Delete all unused containers: docker ps -q -a | xargs docker rm
Install and run Docker on Mac or Windows Remove the volumes associated with a container: docker rm -v containerName Exploring Docker information
Provision and manage multiple remote Docker hosts
Update container resource limits: docker update --cpu-shares 512 -m 300M
Provision Swarm clusters
Show Docker info: docker info
List running containers: docker ps
A simple example to create a local Docker VM with VirtualBox: List all containers: docker ps -a
List all containers: docker ps -a List all images: docker image ls
Show all container details: docker inspect containerName
docker-machine create --driver=virtualbox default List all container IDs: docker ps -q -a
docker-machine ls Show changes in the container's files: docker diff containerName
eval "$(docker-machine env default)"
Starting and stopping containers Manage Docker images
Then start up a container: Start a container: docker start containerName
List all images: docker images
Start a container: docker stop containerName
Search in registry for an image: docker search searchTerm pulls an image from registry to local machine
Restart a container: docker restart containerName
docker run alpine echo "hello-world" Pull image from a registry: docker pull imageName
Pause a container ("freeze"): docker pause containerName
Create image from Dockerfile: docker build
Unpause a container: docker unpause containerName
That's it, you have a running Docker container. Remove image: docker rmi imageName
Stop and wait for termination: docker wait containerName
Export container into tgz file: docker export myContainerName -o myContainerName
Kill a container (sends SIGKILL): docker kill containerName
Create an image from a tgz file: docker import file

Executing commands in containers and apply changes

Data cleanup
Execute a command in a container: docker exec -it containerName command
Copy files or folders between a container and the local filesystem: Data Management Commands:
docker cp containerName:path localFile or docker cp localPath containerName:path
Remove unused resources: docker system prune
METRICS, EVENTS and LOGS Apply changes in container file systems: docker commit containerName Remove unused volumes: docker volume prune
Remove unused networks: docker network prune
Docker networks Remove unused containers: docker container prune
START YOUR FREE TRIAL Remove unused images: docker image prune
List existing networks: docker network ls
Create a network: docker network create netName
Sematext is Docker monitoring and logging Remove network: docker network rm netName
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Show network details: docker network inspect
Connect container to a network: docker network connect networkName containerName
Disconnect network from container: docker network disconnect networkName containerName

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