Docker Compose Commands Cheat Sheet

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  • Docker-compose up docker-compose down docker-compose up -d -build # daemon mode + build. You can use all the commands of docker. Python cheat sheet; Redmine.
  • # Starts existing containers for a service. Docker-compose start # Stops running containers without removing them. Docker-compose stop # Pauses running containers of a service. Docker-compose pause # Unpauses paused containers of a service. Docker-compose unpause # Lists containers. Docker-compose ps # Builds, (re)creates, starts, and attaches to containers for a service. Docker-compose up # Stops containers and removes containers, networks, volumes, and images created by up. Docker-compose down.

Docker’s purpose is to build and manage compute images and to launch them in a container. So, the most useful commands do and expose this information.


Here’s a cheat sheet on the top Docker commands to know and use.

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Compose

Images and containers

The docker command line interface follows this pattern:
docker <COMMAND>

The docker images and container commands grant access to the images and containers. From here, you are permitted to do something with them, hence:

There are:

  • is lists the resources.
  • cp copies files/folders between the container and the local file system.
  • create creates new container.
  • diff inspects changes to files or directories in a running container.
  • logs fetches the logs of a container.
  • pause pauses all processes within one or more containers.
  • rename renames a container.
  • run runs a new command in a container.
  • start starts one or more stopped containers.
  • stop stops one or more running containers.
  • stats displays a livestream of containers resource usage statistics.
  • top displays the running processes of a container.

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View resources with ls

From the container ls command, the container id can be accessed (first column).

Control timing with start, stop, restart, prune

  • start starts one or more stopped containers.
  • stop stops one or more running containers.
  • restart restarts one or more containers.
  • prune (the best one!) removes all stopped containers.

Name a container

Docker Compose Syntax

View vital information: Inspect, stats, top

  • stats displays a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
  • top displays the running processes of a container:
Docker Compose Commands Cheat Sheet
  • inspect displays detailed information on one or more containers. With inspect, a JSON is returned detailing the name and states and more of a container.

Additional resources

For more on this topic, there’s always the Docker documentation, the BMC DevOps Blog, and these articles: