Container Run Modes

docker container run	 	# Create new instance of Image
docker container start 		# Start stopped container
docker container exec 		# Execute command on a running container

Docker Run

docker container run -d -p 80:80 nginx
docker container run --rm -it ubuntu /bin/bash
 
docker container run -d -p 80:80 --name mynginx nginx
docker container run -d -p 3306:3306 --name mysql --env MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=123456 mysql
 
docker container run -d --net <network-name> --name db postgres:latest
docker container run -d --name es2 --net my_network --net-alias search 1c9757417a29
 
docker container run -d --name mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=123456 -v mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql mysql
docker container run -v //c/Users/Username/stuff:/container/path nginx
 
docker run -it --rm --name my-running-script -v $(pwd):/usr/src/myapp -w /usr/src/myapp python:3 python your-daemon-or-script.py

Docker Start/ Exec

# Attach the container in interactive mode
docker container start -ai <container-name>
 
# Execute command on a running container (login as root)
docker container exec -u 0 -it <container-name> bash

NOTE

• An interactive container can be converted to an daemon container using ^P^Q shortcut
• Exec command does not overwrite the entrypoint command executed by the container

Options
-d: Run in detached/ background mode (—detach)
-p 80:80: 1st port is the host port and the 2nd one is the container port (—publish)
-it: Run container in interactive mode and spawn a pseudo terminal (—interactive —tty)
-a: Attach the container (Start again) (—attach)

--rm: Delete the container once it is exited (—remove)
--name: Assign an name to the docker container
-e: Used if the container allows environment variables to be set (—env)

--net: Connect container to a specific interface (—network)
--net-alias: Assign a alternative hostname for container (—network-alias)
--link: Link container together

-v: Create a volume and bind mount (—volume)
-w: Working directory inside container (—workdir)