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>

The post Lifecycle of Docker Containers appeared first on scmGalaxy.