Dec 18, 2015 · Created and managed by Docker. You can create a volume explicitly using the docker volume create command, or Docker can create a volume during container or service creation. When …

The Docker documentation (and self-explanation) makes a distinction between "virtual machines" vs. "containers". They have the tendency to interpret and use things in a little bit uncommon ways.

Feb 4, 2014 · 2738 Docker has a default entrypoint which is /bin/sh -c but does not have a default command. When you run docker like this: docker run -i -t ubuntu bash the entrypoint is the default …

Jan 14, 2016 · In practice to start a container I do: docker run a8asd8f9asdf0 If thats the case, what does: docker start do? In the manual it says Start one or more stopped containers

Docker released an official document outlining best practices for writing Dockerfiles, which explicitly advises against using the ADD command. Docker’s official documentation notes that COPY should …

Jan 29, 2017 · 56 I've used docker run -it to launch containers interactively and docker run -d to start them in background. These two options seemed exclusive. However, now I've noticed that docker …

Jul 11, 2017 · 250 Previously, to install Docker, I would use apt-get install docker.io However, I have recently noticed the documentation for installing docker, and it uses docker-ce. I have tried to find the …

187 Docker isn't virtualization, as such -- instead, it's an abstraction on top of the kernel's support for different process namespaces, device namespaces, etc.; one namespace isn't inherently more …

Jun 22, 2016 · docker and docker-compose seem to be interacting with the same dockerFile, what is the difference between the two tools?

docker ps only outputs running containers. You can view all containers (running or stopped) with docker ps -a. NAMES can be used to identify a started container via the --name flag. How to avoid image …