build a docker image from a Dockerfile using the files in the current (.) directory

• docker image build -t stevebate/devrepo:tc-v1 .

list the docker images on disk

• docker images

list of containers (instances)

• docker ps
• docker container ls -a (-a flag to see exited containers)

run a docker instance - parameter order is crucial and port mapping is host:container

• docker run -d -p 81:5000 --name tcal stevebate/devrepo:tc-v1

stop/start containers

• docker stop tcal (or image id)
• docker start tcal (or image id)

remove images/containers

• docker rm image id)
• docker rmi image id

stop all running containers (not launched by docker compose)

• docker stop $(docker container list -qa)

remove all exited containers

• docker ps -a -q -f status=exited|xargs docker rm

remove dangling images

• docker system prune

start multiple containers at the same time via a docker compose file

• docker-compose --build up

gracefully shutdown all containers launched via docker compose

• docker-compose down