Top 15 Docker Commands

• docker run – Runs a command in a new container.
• docker start – Starts one or more stopped containers
• docker stop – Stops one or more running containers
• docker build – Builds an image form a Docker file
• docker pull – Pulls an image or a repository from a registry
• docker push – Pushes an image or a repository to a registry
• docker export – Exports a container’s filesystem as a tar archive
• docker exec – Runs a command in a run-time container
• docker search – Searches the Docker Hub for images
• docker attach – Attaches to a running container
• docker commit – Creates a new image from a container’s changes

How to get container Id?

$ docker ps 

How to run docker  container bash?

$ docker exec <container id> bash

How to connect to database in docker container, when inside bash?

$ docker exec -it <container id> psql -U database_role database_name