Lifecycle of Docker Containers

We need to carefully understand the life cycle of Docker containes. There are following images which depicts the the right phases of docker containers.

Phase of Docker Containers

  • Create -> Destroy
  • Create -> Start -> Stopped -> Destroy
  • Create -> Start -> Pause -> Unpause
  • Create -> Start -> Restart

Image flow of Simple Docker Container Lifecycle

Image flow of Detailed Docker Container Lifecycle

 

Image Source and Credits: http://docker-saigon.github.io/post/Docker-Internals/

Create container
$ docker create –name ubuntu-cont ubuntu

Run docker container
$ docker run -itd ubuntu
$ docker run -itd –name ubuntu-cont ubuntu

Pause container
$ docker pause <container-id/name>

Unpause container
$ docker unpause <container-id/name>

Start container
$ docker start <container-id/name>

Stop container
$ docker stop <container-id/name>

Restart container
$ docker restart <container-id/name>

Kill container
$ docker kill <container-id/name>

Destroy container
$ docker rm <container-id/name>

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