Following are descriptions of some Docker commands that are useful for interacting with containers.

For complete list of commands, see https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/ in the Docker documentation. You can also see descriptions of each command by typing docker and pressing ENTER from your system command prompt

Table 1. Commonly used Docker commands

Command	Description
docker cp <container>:<full path to container file> <destination directory on host>	Copies files from a container to the host system. For example: docker cp domino:/local/notesdata/cert.id /tmp/cert.id
docker cp <full path to host file> <container>:<destination directory in container>	Copies files from the host system to a container. For example: docker cp /tmp/server.id domino:/local/notesdata
docker exec -u <user name> -it <container name> <command line>	Executes a command in a container while the container is running. Examples: docker exec  -u notes -it domino /bashdocker exec -u notes -it domino /opt/hcl/domino/bin/nsd
docker image ls	List the docker images on the system.
docker load --input	Loads a docker image.
docker ps	Shows the health status of a container.
docker rm	Removes a container.
docker run	Creates and starts a container. For more information including Domino-specific arguments, see Docker run command arguments.
docker start	Starts a stopped container.
docker stop	Stops a running container.
docker volume create	Creates a volume to be used by a container.

Parent topic: Domino on Docker

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