run

What containers are running at the moment?

docker ps

What containers were run or are running?

docker ps -a

Run an image

docker run hello-world:latest

# By Image ID
docker run 4ab4c602aa5e

# Run a container with an interactive program inside
docker run docker/whalesay cowsay hello

Run an image and name it

docker run -d --name=MyWeb1 nginx

Run a container with a bash terminal

# -i interactively, -t connected to the current terminal, command you want the image to start up with: a /bin/bash shell
docker run -it centos:latest /bin/bash

Detached mode: run the container in the background and print the new container ID.

docker run -d centos:latest /bin/bash

Execute something in a running container

docker exec -it web1 /bin/bash

# exit the container
exit

Start a container

docker start web1

Restart a container

docker restart web1
Stopping Running Containers

Stop a running container

# By CONTAINER ID
docker stop a3c73d18d45c

# By NAMES
docker stop stupefied_lovelace