Docker 101: container start and cleanup
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Docker re-uses layers already downloaded. Iow. if you have only images based on some Alpine or Ubuntu version for example, those can share disk space.
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### Start a container
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A container is an instance created from an image, that can be run and that keeps running until its main process exits. Or until the user stops the container.
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The simplest way to start a container from image is ``docker run``. It also pulls the image for you if it is not locally available. For more advanced use, refer to ``docker create``.
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Note that stopped containers are not destroyed, unless you specify ``--rm``.
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To view all created, running and stopped containers, enter:
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```bash
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$ docker ps -a
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Some containers may be designed or configured to be restarted, others are not. Note that both network ports and volumes of a container are created on start, and not editable later.
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### Access a running container
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A running container is accessible using ``docker exec``, or ``docker copy``.
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You can use ``exec`` to start a root shell in the Shaarli container:
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```bash
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$ docker exec -ti <container-name-or-id> bash
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Note the names and ID's of containers are list in ``docker ps``. You an even type only one or two letters of the ID, given they are unique.
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Access can also be through one or more network ports, or disk volumes. Both are specified on and fixed on ``docker create`` or ``run``.
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### Docker disk use
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Trying out different images can fill some gigabytes of disk quickly. Besides images, the docker volumes usually take up most disk space.
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If you care only about trying out docker and not about what is running or saved,
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the following commands should help you out quickly:
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```bash
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$ docker rmi -f $(docker images -aq) # remove or mark all images for disposal
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$ docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q) # remove all volumes
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```
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