Docker cheatsheet

copy files to docker container

docker cp foo.txt mycontainer:/foo.txt

docker cp mycontainer:/foo.txt foo.txt

docker cp src/. mycontainer:/target

docker cp mycontainer:/src/. target

docker ps /docker history imagename  / docker exec -it container /bin/bash

docker command line volume will mount host folder to container volume, and volume tag in docker file will initate an empty volume on /var/lib/docker/blablabla

Remove containers 

docker rm -v container name // to delete volumes

docker inspect containername |grep volume

Backup docker images   tar

docker save name 

docker load name 

Backup live containers // wont bkup volumes

docker commit/docker export/docker import 

backup docker volume'