Getting started with Docker

docker-getting-started

# fetch a new docker image from the hub
# NOTE: if you run in to permissions issue - run it as a sudo user
docker pull beh01der/logstash-es-kibana

# start a docker container as a daemon in the background
docker run -d beh01der/logstash-es-kibana

# listing active docker containers
docker ps

# stopping an active docker container
docker stop <container-id>

# entering the shell of an active container
docker exec -it <container-id> bash

# starting a container with human readable name and NAT mapping
docker run --name kibana -p 5601:5601 -d beh01der/logstash-es-kibana

# starting a container with mapped volumes
docker run --name kibana -p 5601:5601 -v /path/to/host:/path/to/guest -d beh01der/logstash-es-kibana 

# if you run in to access issues to outside world from within docker container specify the DNS server
# while initializing a docker container with option --dns=130.216.35.35

# You can also specify the --dns option in the /etc/default/docker file when docker fires up
DOCKER_OPTS="--dns=8.8.8.8 --dns=8.8.4.4"

# to troubleshoot docker in debug mode, fire up the following on command line
docker -dD

# to build a docker image from a Dockerfile
docker build --no-cache=true -t scienceis/shiny-server -f /home/prasanna/scienceis/shiny-server/Dockerfile .

# to save a docker image as a tar file
docker save image-name > image-name.tar

# to load a docker image from a tar file
docker load -i image-name.tar