Docker Cheatsheet

docker-cheatsheet.sh

# Start VM
boot2docker start

# Show VM status
boot2docker status

# Start an nginx container "web" on the docker_host (the vm)
# -d keeps the container running in the background
# -P publishes exposed ports from the container to your local host (öffnet die vom Container genutzten Ports)
# --name assigns a name to the container
# nginx is the name of the image
docker run -d -P --name web nginx

# Display running container
docker ps

# Display just the containers ports
docker port web

# Get the IP-Address of the VM
boot2docker ip

# Stop a container (web is the container name assigned within the docker run command)
docker stop web

# Remove a container
docker rm web

# Start an nginx container "mysite" and share a directory "site" from the users home directory (shared with the VM)
# -v creates a bind mount with [host-dir]:[container-dir]:[rw|ro]
docker run -d -P -v $HOME/site:/usr/share/nginx/html --name mysite nginx