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docker container run

Description

Run a command in a new container

Usage

docker container run [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 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 CPU count (Windows only)
--cpu-percent CPU percent (Windows only)
--cpu-period Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period
--cpu-quota Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota
--cpu-rt-period API 1.25+
Limit CPU real-time period in microseconds
--cpu-rt-runtime API 1.25+
Limit CPU real-time runtime in microseconds
--cpu-shares , -c CPU shares (relative weight)
--cpus API 1.25+
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)
--detach , -d Run container in background and print container ID
--detach-keys Override the key sequence for detaching a container
--device Add a host device to the container
--device-cgroup-rule Add a rule to the cgroup allowed devices list
--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
--domainname Container NIS domain name
--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
--gpus API 1.40+
GPU devices to add to the container (‘all’ to pass all GPUs)
--group-add Add additional groups to join
--health-cmd Command to run to check health
--health-interval Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
--health-retries Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy
--health-start-period API 1.29+
Start period for the container to initialize before starting health-retries countdown (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
--health-timeout Maximum time to allow one check to run (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
--help Print usage
--hostname , -h Container host name
--init API 1.25+
Run an init inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes
--interactive , -i Keep STDIN open even if not attached
--io-maxbandwidth Maximum IO bandwidth limit for the system drive (Windows only)
--io-maxiops Maximum IOps limit for the system drive (Windows only)
--ip IPv4 address (e.g., 172.30.100.104)
--ip6 IPv6 address (e.g., 2001:db8::33)
--ipc IPC mode 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)
--mount Attach a filesystem mount to the container
--name Assign a name to the container
--net Connect a container to a network
--net-alias Add network-scoped alias for the container
--network Connect a container to a network
--network-alias Add network-scoped alias for the container
--no-healthcheck Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK
--oom-kill-disable Disable OOM Killer
--oom-score-adj Tune host’s OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000)
--pid PID namespace to use
--pids-limit Tune container pids limit (set -1 for unlimited)
--platform experimental (daemon)API 1.32+
Set platform if server is multi-platform capable
--privileged Give extended privileges to this container
--publish , -p Publish a container’s port(s) to the host
--publish-all , -P Publish all exposed ports to random ports
--read-only Mount the container’s root filesystem as read only
--restart no Restart policy to apply when a container exits
--rm Automatically remove the container when it exits
--runtime Runtime to use for this container
--security-opt Security Options
--shm-size Size of /dev/shm
--sig-proxy true Proxy received signals to the process
--stop-signal SIGTERM Signal to stop a container
--stop-timeout API 1.25+
Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container
--storage-opt Storage driver options for the container
--sysctl Sysctl options
--tmpfs Mount a tmpfs directory
--tty , -t 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 local standard input, output, and error streams 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 to files or directories 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/engine/reference/commandline/container_run/