Docker Commands

View, stop, and restart containers

Containers running in interactive mode (started with the -it switch) can normally be stopped by pressing Ctrl|Cmd + C.

📌 However, applications will not always shut down gracefully or signal they have terminated. If an interactive container fails to stop, you’ll need to execute the stop command described below.

A list of running containers can be viewed by entering:

docker container ls

or the shorter:

docker ps

Practice

Let’s try running the commands:

1. Click to connect to the terminal and then open another terminal, too.

2. List the running containers.

📌 Keep the tab open. We will be running more commands in it.

A list of active containers is displayed. This can be quite wide. A truncated version is shown here:

CONTAINER ID  IMAGE    STATUS      PORTS           NAMES
ef3bab04fc8f  adminer  Up 16 mins  8080->8080/tcp  adminer
793003e459e6  mysql    Up 17 mins  3306->3306/tcp  mysql

Each container is assigned a hexadecimal ID that can be used as a reference in Docker commands. However, specifying a container ...