Docker CLI
Docker CLI is Docker’s command-line client for building, running, managing, and distributing container images and containers.
Podman in Action: Secure, rootless containers for Kubernetes, microservices, and more
The Docker CLI is the command-line client through which users invoke Docker container operations.
- How it is used
- Supports familiar command-line workflows for creating, managing, and sharing container images and containers.
- How deep it goes
- Explains commands and the client-server execution path through Docker daemon, containerd, and an OCI runtime.
- Examples
- Uses docker ps, container lifecycle commands, image commands, registry operations, build, and the docker=podman alias.
- What you can do after
- Operate containers and images through Docker-compatible commands, including workflows redirected to Podman.
Kubernetes in Action, Second Edition
The Docker CLI is the command-line client for sending container-management commands to Docker.
- How it is used
- Runs containers from images through a command-line workflow.
- How deep it goes
- Demonstrates installation and one docker run workflow, but stops short of broader command reference or internals.
- Examples
- Uses busybox to run echo "Hello World", with Redis image commands as additional run examples.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it to pull an image and run a simple container command.
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Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition
Docker CLI is the command-line interface for interacting with Docker.
- How it is used
- Connects developers and automation jobs to Docker for managing containers and running application packaging workflows.
- How deep it goes
- Explains the CLI–API–Engine architecture and remote control, but stops short of deeper containerd implementation details.
- Examples
- Uses local and remote container management, Dockerfile packaging, Compose stack control, and scripted CI jobs.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure Docker workflows locally, remotely, and within automated build and test processes.
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Related concepts
- Docker daemonuses · The Docker daemon is a background service that manages Docker images, containers, networks, storage, and container operations on behalf of clients.
- daemonuses · A daemon is a long-running background process that operates independently of direct user interaction to provide services or perform ongoing system work.
- Podmanimplemented by · Podman is a daemonless, open-source container engine for building, running, and managing containers and container images.
- Docker volumeuses · A Docker volume is Docker-managed storage mounted into containers whose data persists independently of their writable layers and lifecycles.
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