Command line interface ---------------------- Quick install on a server: $ curl get.docker.io | sudo sh -x To pull from docker's registry: $ docker pull "ubuntu" To build from your own `Dockerfile`: $ docker build -t "app/container_name" . To run: $ docker run "app/container_name" [command and args] -i -t # Interactive mode + pseudo-TTY -e ENVVAR=value # Environment vars -p 4444 # Expose a port (??) -d # Detached mode $ docker run -t "ubuntu" -i bash OSX Install ----------- Prerequisites: - Install Virtualbox (`brew install virtualbox`) - Install Vagrant (http://vagrantup.com) - Install go (`brew install go`) Then make the Docker executable: $ git clone https://github.com/dotcloud/docker.git ~/src/docker $ cd ~/src/docker $ make $ mv ./bin/docker /usr/local/bin/docker Then run docker: $ cd ~/src/docker $ vagrant up Managing -------- Manage images: # List images $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG ID ubuntu 12.10 b750fe78269d me/myapp latest 7b2431a8d968 # Delete an image $ docker rmi b750fe78269d Manage processes: $ docker ps $ docker kill $ID $ docker rmi $ID Manage containers: Updating containers ------------------- $ docker commit "app/container_name" -m "Change stuff" More ---- Start a worker # Start a very useful long-running process JOB=$(docker run -d ubuntu /bin/sh -c "while true; do echo Hello world; sleep 1; done") # Collect the output of the job so far docker logs $JOB # Kill the job docker kill $JOB Resources --------- * http://www.docker.io/gettingstarted/