Part 2- Docker Images

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A container image is an all-packaged configuration that includes source code, its dependencies and libraries that are needed to deploy applications in a container. We can pull base images from the central repository known as Docker Hub.

Container Workflow

A container workflow involves processes like

  • Building an image
  • Sending an image to the image registry
  • Download an image from the image registry
  • Finally, run the image as a container.

Image Registry is a central location where all the container images are stored so this will be Docker Hub.

# To search for an official image in docker hub


docker search xwiki –filter is-official=true
docker search <imagename>
docker search image –limit 5 

# To download a new image:
docker pull centos:latest

# Show all documentation of images
docker image –help

# To show all image:
docker image ls

# # stop all running containers
docker stop $(docker ps -q)

# remove all containers
docker rm $(docker ps -aq)

# remove all image
docker rmi $(docker images -q)

# To assign a TAG to an image
docker tag  imageid tag1:tag2

# To add another tag to an existing image with a tag
docker tag imageiD existingtag:v1 newtag:v2

# To “delete” an  image: ( ie: remove image downloaded ) 
docker rmi  image

# To remove all untagged images 
docker image prune

# To remove images with no containers connected 
docker image prune -a

# To remove all untagged images:
docker rmi $(docker images | grep “^<none>” | awk “{print $3}”

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By C A Thomas

Chinchu A. Thomas is an Infrastructure Analyst specializing in Microsoft Azure, the Microsoft 365 suite, AWS, and Windows infrastructure management products.

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