Container Management Commands
In this lesson, you will be introduced to some commands which can help you manage containers.
You can get help for Docker commands from the command-line itself using the –help switch. For instance, in order to know more about the docker run command we used in the previous lesson, type the following command in the given terminal:
You may use the following commands for container management:
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docker ps: lists the containers that are still running. Add the -a switch in order to see containers that have stopped
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docker logs: retrieves the logs of a container, even when it has stopped
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docker inspect: gets detailed information about a running or stopped container
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docker stop: stops a container that is still running
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docker rm: deletes a container
In the next lesson, we will get a chance to use the container management commands discussed in this lesson.
