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Docker Engine

Quick reference guide and commands for Docker Engine.

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Docker Engine Information

docker info
Display system-wide information about Docker

docker version
Show the Docker version information

docker system df
Show docker disk usage

Container Operations

docker ps
List running containers

docker ps -a
List all containers (running and stopped)

docker inspect [container]
Display detailed information on container

docker stats [container]
Display a live stream of container resource usage statistics

docker top [container]
Display the running processes of a container

docker logs [container]
Fetch the logs of a container

docker logs -f [container]
Stream container logs

Resource Monitoring

docker stats
Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics

docker events
Get real-time events from the server

docker system events
Get real-time events from the server

Disk Usage

docker system df
Show docker disk usage

docker system df -v
Show detailed docker disk usage

Network Operations

docker network ls
List networks

docker network inspect [network]
Display detailed information on network

Volume Operations

docker volume ls
List volumes

docker volume inspect [volume]
Display detailed information on volume

Image Operations

docker images
List images

docker image ls
List images

docker history [image]
Show the history of an image

System Maintenance

docker system prune
Remove unused data

docker system prune -a
Remove all unused data including unused images