docker container create

Description

Create a new container

Usage

docker container create [OPTIONS] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]

Options

Name, shorthand Default Description
--add-host Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)
--attach, -a Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR
--blkio-weight 0 Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000, or 0 to disable (default 0)
--blkio-weight-device Block IO weight (relative device weight)
--cap-add Add Linux capabilities
--cap-drop Drop Linux capabilities
--cgroup-parent Optional parent cgroup for the container
--cidfile Write the container ID to the file
--cpu-count 0 CPU count (Windows only)
--cpu-percent 0 CPU percent (Windows only)
--cpu-period 0 Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period
--cpu-quota 0 Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota
--cpu-rt-period 0 Limit CPU real-time period in microseconds
--cpu-rt-runtime 0 Limit CPU real-time runtime in microseconds
--cpu-shares, -c 0 CPU shares (relative weight)
--cpus 0.000 Number of CPUs
--cpuset-cpus CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)
--cpuset-mems MEMs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)
--credentialspec Credential spec for managed service account (Windows only)
--device Add a host device to the container
--device-read-bps Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device
--device-read-iops Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device
--device-write-bps Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device
--device-write-iops Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device
--disable-content-trust true Skip image verification
--dns Set custom DNS servers
--dns-opt Set DNS options
--dns-option Set DNS options
--dns-search Set custom DNS search domains
--entrypoint Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image
--env, -e Set environment variables
--env-file Read in a file of environment variables
--expose Expose a port or a range of ports
--group-add Add additional groups to join
--health-cmd Command to run to check health
--health-interval 0s Time between running the check (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
--health-retries 0 Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy
--health-timeout 0s Maximum time to allow one check to run (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
--help false Print usage
--hostname, -h Container host name
--init false Run an init inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes
--init-path Path to the docker-init binary
--interactive, -i false Keep STDIN open even if not attached
--io-maxbandwidth Maximum IO bandwidth limit for the system drive (Windows only)
--io-maxiops 0 Maximum IOps limit for the system drive (Windows only)
--ip Container IPv4 address (e.g. 172.30.100.104)
--ip6 Container IPv6 address (e.g. 2001:db8::33)
--ipc IPC namespace to use
--isolation Container isolation technology
--kernel-memory Kernel memory limit
--label, -l Set meta data on a container
--label-file Read in a line delimited file of labels
--link Add link to another container
--link-local-ip Container IPv4/IPv6 link-local addresses
--log-driver Logging driver for the container
--log-opt Log driver options
--mac-address Container MAC address (e.g. 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)
--memory, -m Memory limit
--memory-reservation Memory soft limit
--memory-swap Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: ‘-1’ to enable unlimited swap
--memory-swappiness -1 Tune container memory swappiness (0 to 100)
--name Assign a name to the container
--net default Connect a container to a network
--net-alias Add network-scoped alias for the container
--network default Connect a container to a network
--network-alias Add network-scoped alias for the container
--no-healthcheck false Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK
--oom-kill-disable false Disable OOM Killer
--oom-score-adj 0 Tune host’s OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000)
--pid PID namespace to use
--pids-limit 0 Tune container pids limit (set -1 for unlimited)
--privileged false Give extended privileges to this container
--publish, -p Publish a container’s port(s) to the host
--publish-all, -P false Publish all exposed ports to random ports
--read-only false Mount the container’s root filesystem as read only
--restart no Restart policy to apply when a container exits
--rm false Automatically remove the container when it exits
--runtime Runtime to use for this container
--security-opt Security Options
--shm-size Size of /dev/shm, default value is 64MB
--stop-signal SIGTERM Signal to stop a container, SIGTERM by default
--stop-timeout 0 Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container
--storage-opt Storage driver options for the container
--sysctl map[] Sysctl options
--tmpfs Mount a tmpfs directory
--tty, -t false Allocate a pseudo-TTY
--ulimit Ulimit options
--user, -u Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])
--userns User namespace to use
--uts UTS namespace to use
--volume, -v Bind mount a volume
--volume-driver Optional volume driver for the container
--volumes-from Mount volumes from the specified container(s)
--workdir, -w Working directory inside the container

Parent command

Command Description
docker container Manage containers
Command Description
docker container attach Attach to a running container
docker container commit Create a new image from a container’s changes
docker container cp Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
docker container create Create a new container
docker container diff Inspect changes on a container’s filesystem
docker container exec Run a command in a running container
docker container export Export a container’s filesystem as a tar archive
docker container inspect Display detailed information on one or more containers
docker container kill Kill one or more running containers
docker container logs Fetch the logs of a container
docker container ls List containers
docker container pause Pause all processes within one or more containers
docker container port List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container
docker container prune Remove all stopped containers
docker container rename Rename a container
docker container restart Restart one or more containers
docker container rm Remove one or more containers
docker container run Run a command in a new container
docker container start Start one or more stopped containers
docker container stats Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
docker container stop Stop one or more running containers
docker container top Display the running processes of a container
docker container unpause Unpause all processes within one or more containers
docker container update Update configuration of one or more containers
docker container wait Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes

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https://docs.docker.com/v1.13/engine/reference/commandline/container_create/