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% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % William Henry % APRIL 2014
NAME
docker - Docker image and container command line interface
SYNOPSIS
docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARG...]
docker [--help|-v|--version]
DESCRIPTION
docker is a client for interacting with the daemon (see dockerd(8)) through the CLI.
The Docker CLI has over 30 commands. The commands are listed below and each has its own man page which explain usage and arguments.
To see the man page for a command run man docker .
OPTIONS
--help Print usage statement
--config="" Specifies the location of the Docker client configuration files. The default is '~/.docker'.
-D, --debug=true|false Enable debug mode. Default is false.
-H, --host=[unix:///var/run/docker.sock]: tcp://[host]:[port][path] to bind or
unix://[/path/to/socket] to use.
The socket(s) to bind to in daemon mode specified using one or more
tcp://host:port/path, unix:///path/to/socket, fd://* or fd://socketfd.
If the tcp port is not specified, then it will default to either 2375 when
--tls is off, or 2376 when --tls is on, or --tlsverify is specified.
-l, --log-level="debug|info|warn|error|fatal"
Set the logging level. Default is info.
--tls=true|false Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify. Default is false.
--tlscacert=~/.docker/ca.pem Trust certs signed only by this CA.
--tlscert=~/.docker/cert.pem Path to TLS certificate file.
--tlskey=~/.docker/key.pem Path to TLS key file.
--tlsverify=true|false Use TLS and verify the remote (daemon: verify client, client: verify daemon). Default is false.
-v, --version=true|false Print version information and quit. Default is false.
COMMANDS
Use "docker help" or "docker --help" to get an overview of available commands.
EXAMPLES
For specific client examples please see the man page for the specific Docker command. For example:
man docker-run
HISTORY
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work.