docker run

docker run IMAGE|IMAGE_ID

• https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/run/
• docker run --help

-e (Environment variables)
--env-file
-d dettach
-v
-p
-w
-u 0
--rm
--name 
--user
--link (deprecated) (See also: Kibana/Install Kibana using docker)
--privileged
--group-add $(getent group docker | cut -d: -f3)

Examples

• docker run alpine
• docker run ubuntu
• docker run -it alpine /bin/sh

• docker run --name your-container-name your-gitlab-registry.your-domain.com:5050/your-project/your-repo:your-tag
• docker run 1231243.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/your-repo:yourimage

• docker run -v NEW_VOLUME_NAE:/path/inside/container -it alpine /bin/sh
• docker run --name zabbix-appliance -p 80:80 -p 10051:10051 -d zabbix/zabbix-appliance:latest
• docker run -p 9200:9200 -p 9600:9600 -e "discovery.type=single-node" opensearchproject/opensearch:1.3.1
• docker run -d --name=grafana -p 3000:3000 grafana/grafana (Docker-compose.yml (Grafana))
• docker run -it --name teamcity-server-instance -v /YOUR_FOLDER_TO_DATA:/data/teamcity_server/datadir -v /YOUR_FOLDER_TO_LOGS:/opt/teamcity/logs -p 8111:8111 jetbrains/teamcity-server
• docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio server /data
• docker run -d --log-driver=journald YOUR_CONTAINER
• docker run -d -p 8080:8080 nodejs/app:latest

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• docker run --name my-custom-nginx-container -v /host/path/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro -d nginx
• docker run --name some-nginx-name -d -p 8080:80 some-content-nginx-image

• docker run -d -it --name devtest --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)"/target,target=/app nginx:latest

Logstash

• docker run --rm -it -v ~/pipeline/:/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/ docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:7.8.0

OpenShift

docker run -t -u `id -u` \ 
   -v $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa:/opt/app-root/src/.ssh/id_rsa:Z \ 
   -v $HOME/ansible/hosts:/tmp/inventory:Z \ 
   -e INVENTORY_FILE=/tmp/inventory \ 
   -e PLAYBOOK_FILE=playbooks/prerequisites.yml \ 
   -e OPTS="-v" \ 
   registry.redhat.io/openshift3/ose-ansible:v3.11

docker run wrong_image_name
Unable to find image 'wrong_image_name:latest' locally
docker: Error response from daemon: Get "https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/": context deadline exceeded 
(Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers).
See 'docker run --help'.

Runtime constraints on resources

• -m --memory=""
• --oom-kill-disable=false Whether to disable OOM Killer for the container or not.
• --cpus=0.000

https://medium.com/@oprearocks/how-to-properly-override-the-entrypoint-using-docker-run-2e081e5feb9d

docker run --entrypoint "/bin/ls" debian -al /root
docker run -it --entrypoint /usr/bin/redis-cli example/redis --help

docker run -dit --rm --privileged --name dind docker:dind

Activities

1. Understand the difference between docker start and docker run: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34782678/difference-between-running-and-starting-a-docker-container. See also runC
2. Understand Start configuration behavior and restart policy

Related terms

• docker start
• docker pull
• docker build
• dockerd
• /var/run/docker.pid
• /var/run/docker.sock
• PortBindings
• docker volume
• docker-compose.yml
• DOCKER_OPTS="--dns 8.8.8.8"
• podman run

See also

• docker run [ -it | -d -it | --mount | --volume | --name | --env | --publish | --rm | --help ]
• Docker Volumes: docker volume ls, docker volume create, docker volume inspect, docker volumes prune, docker volume create, docker volume rm, docker system df, mounts, --volumes-from
• 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

https://hub.docker.com/_/nginx