Using Docker man, help, info
The Docker daemon listens on unix:///var/run/docker.sock but you can bind Docker to another host/port or a Unix socket. The Docker client (the docker utility) uses the Docker API to interact with the Docker daemon.
The Docker client supports dozens of commands, each with numerous options, so an attempt to list them all would just result in a copy of the CLI reference from the official documentation. Instead, we will provide you with the most useful subsets of commands to get you up and running.
You can always check available man pages for all Docker sub-commands using:
$ man -k docker
You will be able to see a list of man pages for Docker and all the sub-commands available:
$ man docker
$ man docker-info
$ man Dockerfile
Another way to get information regarding a command is to use docker COMMAND --help:
# docker info --help
Usage: docker info
Display system-wide information
--help Print usage
The docker utility allows you to manage container infrastructure. All sub-commands can be grouped as follows:
Activity type |
Related subcommands Managing images |
search, pull, push, rmi, images, tag, export, import, load, save Managing containers |
run, exec, ps, kill, stop, start Building custom images |
build, commit Information gathering |
info, inspect |