docker create

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Description

Create a new container

Usage

docker create [OPTIONS] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]

Options

Name, shorthand Default Description
--add-host   Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)
--attach, -a   Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR
--blkio-weight 0 Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000, or 0 to disable (default 0)
--blkio-weight-device   Block IO weight (relative device weight)
--cap-add   Add Linux capabilities
--cap-drop   Drop Linux capabilities
--cgroup-parent   Optional parent cgroup for the container
--cidfile   Write the container ID to the file
--cpu-count 0 CPU count (Windows only)
--cpu-percent 0 CPU percent (Windows only)
--cpu-period 0 Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period
--cpu-quota 0 Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota
--cpu-rt-period 0 Limit CPU real-time period in microseconds
--cpu-rt-runtime 0 Limit CPU real-time runtime in microseconds
--cpu-shares, -c 0 CPU shares (relative weight)
--cpus 0.000 Number of CPUs
--cpuset-cpus   CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)
--cpuset-mems   MEMs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)
--credentialspec   Credential spec for managed service account (Windows only)
--device   Add a host device to the container
--device-read-bps   Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device
--device-read-iops   Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device
--device-write-bps   Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device
--device-write-iops   Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device
--disable-content-trust true Skip image verification
--dns   Set custom DNS servers
--dns-opt   Set DNS options
--dns-option   Set DNS options
--dns-search   Set custom DNS search domains
--entrypoint   Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image
--env, -e   Set environment variables
--env-file   Read in a file of environment variables
--expose   Expose a port or a range of ports
--group-add   Add additional groups to join
--health-cmd   Command to run to check health
--health-interval 0 Time between running the check (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
--health-retries 0 Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy
--health-timeout 0 Maximum time to allow one check to run (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
--help false Print usage
--hostname, -h   Container host name
--init false Run an init inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes
--init-path   Path to the docker-init binary
--interactive, -i false Keep STDIN open even if not attached
--io-maxbandwidth   Maximum IO bandwidth limit for the system drive (Windows only)
--io-maxiops 0 Maximum IOps limit for the system drive (Windows only)
--ip   IPv4 address (e.g., 172.30.100.104)
--ip6   IPv6 address (e.g., 2001:db8::33)
--ipc   IPC namespace to use
--isolation   Container isolation technology
--kernel-memory   Kernel memory limit
--label, -l   Set meta data on a container
--label-file   Read in a line delimited file of labels
--link   Add link to another container
--link-local-ip   Container IPv4/IPv6 link-local addresses
--log-driver   Logging driver for the container
--log-opt   Log driver options
--mac-address   Container MAC address (e.g., 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)
--memory, -m   Memory limit
--memory-reservation   Memory soft limit
--memory-swap   Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: ‘-1’ to enable unlimited swap
--memory-swappiness -1 Tune container memory swappiness (0 to 100)
--name   Assign a name to the container
--net default Connect a container to a network
--net-alias   Add network-scoped alias for the container
--network default Connect a container to a network
--network-alias   Add network-scoped alias for the container
--no-healthcheck false Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK
--oom-kill-disable false Disable OOM Killer
--oom-score-adj 0 Tune host’s OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000)
--pid   PID namespace to use
--pids-limit 0 Tune container pids limit (set -1 for unlimited)
--privileged false Give extended privileges to this container
--publish, -p   Publish a container’s port(s) to the host
--publish-all, -P false Publish all exposed ports to random ports
--read-only false Mount the container’s root filesystem as read only
--restart no Restart policy to apply when a container exits
--rm false Automatically remove the container when it exits
--runtime   Runtime to use for this container
--security-opt   Security Options
--shm-size   Size of /dev/shm, default value is 64MB
--stop-signal SIGTERM Signal to stop a container, SIGTERM by default
--stop-timeout 0 Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container
--storage-opt   Storage driver options for the container
--sysctl map[] Sysctl options
--tmpfs   Mount a tmpfs directory
--tty, -t false Allocate a pseudo-TTY
--ulimit   Ulimit options
--user, -u   Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])
--userns   User namespace to use
--uts   UTS namespace to use
--volume, -v   Bind mount a volume
--volume-driver   Optional volume driver for the container
--volumes-from   Mount volumes from the specified container(s)
--workdir, -w   Working directory inside the container

Parent command

Command Description
docker The base command for the Docker CLI.

Extended description

Alias for docker container create.

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