I'm new to docker.
What does the -it means when running the container using docker run -it.
Searched a lot but couldn't get proper documentation.
The -it instructs Docker to allocate a pseudo-TTY connected to the container’s stdin; creating an interactive bash shell in the container.
docker run --name test -it node:alpine
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I have a container started as the following:
docker run --interactive --tty --gpus all --name my_container
--workdir "/home/ubuntu" --user ubuntu
--volume /hdd/all_cv/paiv/metis:/home/ubuntu/my --publish 8888:8888 my
how do I run interactively with my_container once I reboot my machine?
Based on the docker documentation, you can attach back to the detached container using docker attach command:
Use docker attach to attach your terminal’s standard input, output, and error (or any combination of the three) to a running container using the container’s ID or name. This allows you to view its ongoing output or to control it interactively, as though the commands were running directly in your terminal.
So you should try this to have an interactive session with your already running container:
docker attach my_container
If your container is stopped, you just need to start it again
docker ps -aq -f name=my_container | xargs docker start $1
I heard that in case of no --detach in docker run option my terminal is attach to the container, is it this the same as attaching terminal with docker run -it options? What is the difference?
You can start a docker container in detached mode with a -d option. So the container starts up and run in background. That means, you start up the container and could use the console after startup for other commands.
This example runs a container named test using the debian:latest image. The -it instructs Docker to allocate a pseudo-TTY connected to the container’s stdin; creating an interactive bash shell in the container.
docker run --name test -it debian
I am trying to buld a simple docker file that has a debian image.
Also, I want to mount my local volume inside the docker container.
The problem I have is that how do I get inside the container to see the volume mounted.
$docker run -d -it bash --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/app docker_test:latest
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I believe this 43db16a.. is container id. Even I try to attach to this container id I get an an error message. It says you cannot attach to the stop container. What am I missing here.
It works if I do
docker run -d -it --name test_docker1 --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)"/,target=/app docker_test:latest
and then
docker attach
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Also, it works when I do
$docker run --rm -ti --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)"/,target=/app docker_test:latest
In another terminal do a docker ps, then look for the image you are looking for and copy the id, then do a docker exec -ti <your-image> bash there you have a bash terminal inside the container and you can check the mounted volume.
How is possible to assign a name to a container while using docker run with interactive mode?
For example, running this command
docker run -d -it docker_image_already_created sh
when checking with docker ps the name is autogenerated. How can the container name be passed?
Provide the --name option:
docker run -d --name your_name -it docker_image_already_created sh
How can do something like:
docker exec -it 06a0076fb4c0 install-smt
But use the name of the container instead
docker exec -it container/container install-smt
I am running a build on CI server so I can not manually input the container ID.
How can I achieve this?
Yes, you can do this by naming the container with --name. Note that your command with container/container is likely referencing an image name and not the container.
➜ ~ docker run --name my_nginx -p 80:80 -d nginx
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➜ ~ docker exec my_nginx hostname
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Although it won't save any typing, you can do something like this if you want to use the image name instead of giving the container a name:
docker run debian
docker exec -it `docker ps -q --filter ancestor=debian` bash
This will only work if you're only running one instance of the debian image.
It does help if you're constantly amending the image when working on a new Dockerfile, and wanting to repeatedly run the same command in each new container to check your changes worked as expected.
I was able to fix this by setting a container name in the docker-compose file, and rundocker exec -it with the name form the file.
#Héctor (tnx)
These steps worked for me:
This will start the container named mytapir and spawn a shell into the docker container:
docker run -d --name mytapir -it wsmoses/tapir-built:latest bash
Upon docker ps to ensure the docker container is running:
docker exec -it mytapir /bin/bash
Will spawned a shell into an existing container named mytapir.
And you can stop the container as usual docker stop mytapir.
And starting it via docker start mytapir, if it is not running.
(check via docker ps -a)