# Docker 1. [TL;DR](#tldr) 1. [Gotchas](#gotchas) 1. [Daemon configuration](#daemon-configuration) 1. [Images configuration](#images-configuration) 1. [Containers configuration](#containers-configuration) 1. [Health checks](#health-checks) 1. [Advanced build with `buildx`](#advanced-build-with-buildx) 1. [Create builders](#create-builders) 1. [Build for specific platforms](#build-for-specific-platforms) 1. [Further readings](#further-readings) 1. [Sources](#sources) ## TL;DR
Installation and configuration ```sh # Install brew install --cask 'docker' sudo zypper install 'docker' ```
Usage ```sh # Show locally available images. docker images -a # Search for images. docker search 'boinc' # Pull images. docker pull 'alpine:3.14' docker pull 'boinc/client:latest' docker pull 'moby/buildkit@sha256:00d2…' docker pull 'pulumi/pulumi-nodejs:3.112.0@sha256:37a0…' # Remove images. docker rmi 'node' docker rmi 'alpine:3.14' docker rmi 'f91a431c5276' # Login to registries. docker login docker login -u 'username' -p 'password' # Create containers. docker create -h 'alpine-test' --name 'alpine-test' 'alpine' # Start containers. docker start 'alpine-test' docker start 'bdbe3f45' # Create and start containers. docker run 'hello-world' docker run -ti --rm --platform 'linux/amd64' 'alpine:3.19' cat '/etc/apk/repositories' docker run -d --name 'boinc' --network='host' --pid='host' -v 'boinc:/var/lib/boinc' \ -e BOINC_GUI_RPC_PASSWORD='123' -e BOINC_CMD_LINE_OPTIONS='--allow_remote_gui_rpc' \ 'boinc/client' # Gracefully stop containers. docker stop 'alpine-test' docker stop -t '0' 'bdbe3f45' # Kill containers. docker kill 'alpine-test' # Restart containers. docker restart 'alpine-test' docker restart 'bdbe3f45' # Show containers' status. docker ps docker ps --all # List containers with specific metadata values. docker ps -f 'name=pihole' -f 'status=running' -f 'health=healthy' -q # Execute commands inside *running* containers. docker exec 'app_web_1' tail 'logs/development.log' docker exec -ti 'alpine-test' 'sh' # Show containers' output. docker log 'alpine-test' # List processes running inside containers. docker top 'alpine-test' # Show information on containers. docker inspect 'alpine-test' docker inspect --format='{{index .RepoDigests 0}}' 'pulumi/pulumi-nodejs:3.112.0' # Build a docker image. docker build -t 'private/alpine:3.14' . # Tag images. docker tag 'alpine:3.14' 'private/alpine:3.14' docker tag 'f91a431c5276' 'pulumi/pulumi-nodejs:3.112.0' # Push images. docker push 'private/alpine:3.14' # Export images to tarballs. docker save 'alpine:3.14' -o 'alpine.tar' docker save 'hello-world' > 'hw.tar' # Load images from tarballs. docker load -i 'hw.tar' # Delete containers. docker rm 'alpine-test' docker rm -f '87b27' # Cleanup. docker logout docker rmi 'alpine' docker image prune -a docker system prune -a # List networks. docker network ls # Inspect networks. docker network inspect 'monitoring_default' # Create volumes. docker volume create 'volume-name' # List volumes. docker volume list # Inspect volumes. docker volume inspect 'volume-name' # Display a summary of the vulnerabilities in images. # If not given any input, it targets the most recently built image. docker scout qv docker scout quickview 'debian:unstable-slim' docker scout quickview 'archive://hw.tar' # Display vulnerabilities in images. docker scout cves docker scout cves 'alpine' docker scout cves 'archive://alpine.tar' docker scout cves --format 'sarif' --output 'alpine.sarif.json' 'oci-dir://alpine' docker scout cves --format 'only-packages' --only-package-type 'golang' --only-vuln-packages 'fs://.' # Display base image update recommendations. docker scout recommendations docker scout recommendations 'golang:1.19.4' --only-refresh docker scout recommendations 'golang:1.19.4' --only-update # List builders. docker buildx ls # Create builders. docker buildx create --name 'builder_name' # Switch between builders. docker buildx use 'builder_name' docker buildx create --name 'builder_name' --use # Modify builders. docker buildx create --node 'builder_name' # Build images. # '--load' currently only works for builds for a single platform. docker buildx build -t 'image:tag' --load '.' docker buildx build … -t 'image:tag' --load --platform 'linux/amd64' '.' docker buildx build … --push \ --platform 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7' '.' # Remove builders. docker buildx rm 'builder_name' # Pull images used in compositions. docker compose pull # Start compositions. docker compose up docker compose up -d # Execute commands in compositions' containers docker compose exec 'service-name' 'ls' '-Al' # Get logs. docker compose logs docker compose logs -f --index='3' 'service-name' # End compositions. docker compose down ```
Real world use cases ```sh # Get the SHAsum of images. docker inspect --format='{{index .RepoDigests 0}}' 'node:18-buster' # Act upon files in volumes. sudo ls "$(docker volume inspect --format '{{.Mountpoint}}' 'baikal_config')" sudo vim "$(docker volume inspect --format '{{.Mountpoint}}' 'gitea_config')/app.ini" ```
## Gotchas - Containers created with no specified name will be assigned one automatically: ```sh $ docker create 'hello-world' 8eaaae8c0c720ac220abac763ad4b477d807be4522d58e334337b1b74a14d0bd $ docker create --name 'alpine' 'alpine' 63b1a0a3e557094eba7f18424fd50d49b36cacbc21f1df60b918b375b857f809 $ docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 63b1a0a3e557 alpine "/bin/sh" 24 seconds ago Created alpine 8eaaae8c0c72 hello-world "/hello" 21 seconds ago Created sleepy_brown ``` - When referring to a container or image using their ID, you just need to use as many characters you need to uniquely specify a single one of them: ```sh $ docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 63b1a0a3e557 alpine "/bin/sh" 34 seconds ago Created alpine 8eaaae8c0c72 hello-world "/hello" 31 seconds ago Created sleepy_brown $ docker start 8 8 $ docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 63b1a0a3e557 alpine "/bin/sh" 48 seconds ago Created alpine 8eaaae8c0c72 hello-world "/hello" 45 seconds ago Exited (0) 10 seconds ago sleepy_brown ``` - Docker's host networking feature is not supported on Mac, even though the `docker run` command doesn't complain about it.
This is due to the fact that the Docker daemon on Mac is running in a virtual machine, and not natively; hence, ports are exposed on the VM and not of the host running it.
One way around it is port forwarding to localhost (the `-p` or `-P` options). ## Daemon configuration The docker daemon is configured using the `/etc/docker/daemon.json` file: ```json { "default-runtime": "runc", "dns": ["8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1"] } ``` ## Images configuration One should follow the [OpenContainers Image Spec]. ## Containers configuration Docker mounts specific system files in all containers to forward its settings: ```sh 6a95fabde222$ mount … /dev/disk/by-uuid/1bb…eb5 on /etc/resolv.conf type btrfs (rw,…) /dev/disk/by-uuid/1bb…eb5 on /etc/hostname type btrfs (rw,…) /dev/disk/by-uuid/1bb…eb5 on /etc/hosts type btrfs (rw,…) … ``` Those files come from the volume the docker container is using for its root, and are modified on the container's startup with the information from the CLI, the daemon itself and, when missing, the host. ## Health checks The following have the same effect:
Command line ```sh docker run … \ --health-cmd 'curl --fail --insecure --silent --show-error http://localhost/ || exit 1' \ --health-interval '5m' \ --health-timeout '3s' \ --health-retries '4' \ --health-start-period '10s' ```
Dockerfile ```Dockerfile HEALTHCHECK --interval=5m --timeout=3s --start-period=10s --retries=4 \ CMD curl --fail --insecure --silent --show-error http://localhost/ || exit 1 ```
Docker-compose file ```yaml version: '3.6' services: web-server: healthcheck: test: curl --fail --insecure --silent --show-error http://localhost/ || exit 1 interval: 5m timeout: 3s retries: 4 start_period: 10s … ```

The command's exit status indicates the health status of the container. The possible values are: - `0`: success - the container is healthy and ready for use - `1`: unhealthy - the container isn't working correctly - `2`: reserved - don't use this exit code ## Advanced build with `buildx` ### Create builders ```sh $ docker buildx ls NAME/NODE DRIVER/ENDPOINT STATUS BUILDKIT PLATFORMS default * docker default default running v0.11.7+d3e6c1360f6e linux/amd64, linux/amd64/v2, linux/amd64/v3, linux/386 $ docker buildx create --name 'multiarch' --use multiarch $ docker buildx ls NAME/NODE DRIVER/ENDPOINT STATUS BUILDKIT PLATFORMS multiarch * docker-container multiarch0 unix:///var/run/docker.sock inactive default docker default default running v0.11.7+d3e6c1360f6e linux/amd64, linux/amd64/v2, linux/amd64/v3, linux/386 ``` ### Build for specific platforms > The `--load` option currently only works for builds for a single platform.
> See . ```sh docker buildx build --platform 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7' -t 'image:tag' '.' docker load … ``` ## Further readings - [GitHub] - [Podman] - [Dive] - [Testcontainers] - [Containerd] ### Sources - [Arch Linux Wiki] - [Configuring DNS] - [Cheatsheet] - [Getting around Docker's host network limitation on Mac] - [Dockerfile reference] - [Building multi-arch images for ARM and x86 with Docker Desktop] - [OpenContainers Image Spec] - [Docker ARG, ENV and .env - a Complete Guide] - [Configuring HealthCheck in docker-compose] - [Docker Buildx Bake + Gitlab CI Matrix] - [How to list the content of a named volume in docker 1.9+?] [containerd]: containerd.md [dive]: dive.placeholder [podman]: podman.md [testcontainers]: testcontainers.md [building multi-arch images for arm and x86 with docker desktop]: https://www.docker.com/blog/multi-arch-images/ [dockerfile reference]: https://docs.docker.com/reference/dockerfile/ [github]: https://github.com/docker [arch linux wiki]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Docker [cheatsheet]: https://collabnix.com/docker-cheatsheet/ [configuring dns]: https://dockerlabs.collabnix.com/intermediate/networking/Configuring_DNS.html [configuring healthcheck in docker-compose]: https://medium.com/@saklani1408/configuring-healthcheck-in-docker-compose-3fa6439ee280 [docker arg, env and .env - a complete guide]: https://vsupalov.com/docker-arg-env-variable-guide/ [docker buildx bake + gitlab ci matrix]: https://teymorian.medium.com/docker-buildx-bake-gitlab-ci-matrix-77edb6b9863f [getting around docker's host network limitation on mac]: https://medium.com/@lailadahi/getting-around-dockers-host-network-limitation-on-mac-9e4e6bfee44b [opencontainers image spec]: https://specs.opencontainers.org/image-spec/ [how to list the content of a named volume in docker 1.9+?]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34803466/how-to-list-the-content-of-a-named-volume-in-docker-1-9