Docker ps

docker ps list containers

• https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/ps/

Examples

docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                          COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS                             PORTS                                                                                    NAMES
b505ff9b5560        gitlab/gitlab-ee:11.3.1-ee.0   "/assets/wrapper"   6 days ago          Up 25 seconds (health: 
starting)   0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, 0.0.0.0:5001->5001/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2224->22/tcp   gitlab-web

• docker ps -a
• docker ps -a -q

docker ps
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?

docker ps
Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.40/containers/json: dial 
unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
Solution: sudo docker ps

Related commands

• docker start
• systemctl status docker
• docker inspect
• ps
• journalctl -u docker
• docker-compose ps
• docker container stop $(docker container ls -aq)

See also

• Process, zombie process, fork, thread: ps, tree, pstree, ps axf, proc, pwdx, which, watch, sar -q, tload, uptime, Interrupts, pgrep, tasklist (Windows), Zombie process, pstack, docker ps, docker-compose ps, jobs, acct, process mrelease, pidstat, IPC, pidof
• Docker: docker-compose, Docker Desktop, Docker Scout, Docker Swarm, Docker Volumes, Docker images management, docker network, docker inspect, docker volume inspect, Dockerfile, Docker Engine release notes,docker kill, moby, Docker-in-Docker, docker context, buildx, docker tag, docker system prune, Docker Hub, hub-tool, /etc/docker/daemon.json, hostconfig.json, dockerd, logs, Docker logging, Backup, docker service, depends on, --dns, --filter, --mount, docker login, docker build, apt remove docker.io, .dockerignore, docker context ls | docker-machine, .docker/, PWD, $HOME/.docker/config.json, Docker ID, --env-file, docker --help