Docker

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Installation

To install the latest version of Docker with curl:

$ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh

Add your user to docker group to be able to run docker commands without need of sudo

sudo usermod -aG docker yourusername

HTTP proxy

Configure docker if you run behind a proxy server. In this example CNTLM proxy runs on the host machine listening on localhost:3128. This example overrides the default docker.service file by adding configuration to the Docker systemd service file.

First, create a systemd drop-in directory for the docker service:

mkdir /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d

Now create a file called /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/http-proxy.conf that adds the HTTP_PROXY environment variable:

[Service]
Environment="HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:80/"

If you have internal Docker registries that you need to contact without proxying you can specify them via the NO_PROXY environment variable:

Environment="HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:80/" "NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1,docker-registry.somecorporation.com"

Flush changes:

$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Verify that the configuration has been loaded:

$ systemctl show --property=Environment docker
Environment=HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:80/

Restart Docker:

$ sudo systemctl restart docker

Docker run and basic options

docker run -it --name="mycentos" centos:latest /bin/bash
  -i interactive mode                                 \command to run    
  -t bind to the current terminal
  -d disconnect mode, daemon mode, detached mode
  --name="name_your_container"

Docker inspect

Shows current configuration state of a docker container.

docker inspect <container_name> | grep IPAddress
           "SecondaryIPAddresses": null,
           "IPAddress": "172.17.0.3",
                   "IPAddress": "172.17.0.3",

Attach to a docker process

If you are running eg. /bin/bash as a command you can get attached to this running docker process

docker attach mycentos 

Dockerfile

Each line RUN creates a container so if possible, we should join lines so it ends up with less layers.

vi Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:latest
MAINTAINER user1 <user1@gmail.com>

RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get upgrade -y

Build

sudo docker build -t pio2pio/apache .

References

• Ubuntu installation official website
• PROXY settings for systemd