Accessing & Managing Docker Image

Accessing & Managing Docker Image

Accessing the Container Shell

Tested Infrastructure

Platform Number of Instance Reading Time
Play with Docker 1 5 min

Pre-requisite

  • Create an account with DockerHub
  • Open PWD Platform on your browser
  • Click on Add New Instance on the left side of the screen to bring up Alpine OS instance on the right side

Create Ubuntu Container

docker run -dit ubuntu 

Accessing the container shell

docker exec -t <container-id> bash

Accesssing the container shell

docker attach <container-id>

Running a command inside running Container

Tested Infrastructure

Platform Number of Instance Reading Time
Play with Docker 1 5 min

Pre-requisite

  • Create an account with DockerHub
  • Open PWD Platform on your browser
  • Click on Add New Instance on the left side of the screen to bring up Alpine OS instance on the right side

Create Ubuntu Container

docker run -dit ubuntu

Opening up the bash shell

docker exec -t <container-id> bash

Managing Docker containers

Tested Infrastructure

Platform Number of Instance Reading Time
Play with Docker 1 5 min

Pre-requisite

  • Create an account with DockerHub
  • Open PWD Platform on your browser
  • Click on Add New Instance on the left side of the screen to bring up Alpine OS instance on the right side

Preparations

  • Clean your docker host using the commands (in bash):
$ docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q)

Instructions

  • Run the following containers from the dockerhub:
$ docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --name app1 selaworkshops/python-app:1.0
$ docker run -d -p 5001:5001 -e "port=5001" --name app2 selaworkshops/python-app:2.0
  • Ensure the containers are running:
$ docker ps
  • Stop the first container:
$ docker stop app1
  • Kill the second container:
$ docker kill app2
  • Display running containers:
$ docker ps
  • Show all the containers (includind non running containers):
$ docker ps -a
  • Let’s start both containers again:
$ docker start app1 app2
  • Restart the second container:
$ docker restart app2
  • Display the docker host information with:
$ docker info
  • Show the running processes in the first container using:
$ docker top app1
  • Retrieve the history of the second container:
$ docker history selaworkshops/python-app:2.0
  • Inspect the second container image:
$ docker inspect selaworkshops/python-app:2.0
  • Inspect the first container and look for the internal ip:
$ docker inspect app1
"Networks": {
                "bridge": {
                    "IPAMConfig": null,
                    "Links": null,
                    "Aliases": null,
                    "NetworkID": "822cb66790c6358d9decab874916120f3bdeff7193a4375c94ca54d50832303d",
                    "EndpointID": "9aa96dc29be08eddc6d8f429ebecd2285c064fda288681a3611812413cbdfc1f",
                    "Gateway": "172.17.0.1",
                    "IPAddress": "172.17.0.3",
                    "IPPrefixLen": 16,
                    "IPv6Gateway": "",
                    "GlobalIPv6Address": "",
                    "GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
                    "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:11:00:03",
                    "DriverOpts": null
                }
            }
  • Show the logs of the second container using the flag –follow:
$ docker logs --follow app2
  • Browse to the application and see the containers logs from the terminal:
http://localhost:5001
  • Stop to tracking logs:
$ CTRL + C

Test Your Knowledge - Quiz2

S. No. Question. Response
1 What are different ways to access container shell?
2 How to run a command inside a Docker container
3 Is it possible to stop overall Docker containers in a single shot?
4 How do you remove all dangling images in Docker?
5 How do you access services ports under Docker?


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