Docker command lists for basic/common usage

• images: saved state of the container
• container: instance of a image
• dockerfile: file that describes all the steps needed to build a docker image

$ docker ps

$ docker ps -a

$ docker stop container

$ docker rm container

$ docker pull image-name

$ docker images

$ docker create --name container-name image-name

$ nvidia-docker create -i -t -v :/workspace --cap-add=SYS_PTRACE --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY --device=/dev/video0:/dev/video0 --privileged -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:rw --name image-name:tag

• --name: container name
• -p: port mapping
• image-name: base image
• bash: optional command to run at instance time

$ docker run --name container-name -p 8888:8888 image-name bash

• -i: Keep STDIN open even if not attached
• -t: Allocate a pseudo-TTY
• -d: Detached mode: run command in the background
• -e: Set environment variables (ex.: DISPLAY=$DISPLAY)
• -u: Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>]) (ex.: $(id -u):$(id -g))
• -v: Bind mount a volume (ex.: ~/projects:/projects)
• --network: Connect a container to a network (ex.: host)
• --privileged: Give extended privileges to this container

$ docker start container

• -i: Keep STDIN open even if not attached
• -t: Allocate a pseudo-TTY
• -d: Detached mode: run command in the background
• -u root Run as root

$ docker exec -it container-name command

$ docker rmi image

$ docker images purge

$ docker images -f dangling=true

$ docker system prune

$ docker system prune -a

If the following error appear trying to open a app with ui interface

No protocol specified QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display :0 Aborted (core dumped)

execute this command outside docker:

$ xhost +local:docker