General Docker Tips

General

Starting a container for testing

To start a container and just use it for testing, run something like this;

docker run -i -t ubuntu:12.04 /bin/bash

HouseKeeping

Windows

To remove older containers not needed, run this.

Stop All Containers

docker ps -a -q | %{docker stop $_}

Remove All Containers

docker ps -a -q | %{docker rm -f $_}

Remove Dangling Images

docker images --filter dangling=true -q | %{docker rmi -f $_}

All in One

#CLEAN.BAT
powershell -command Y:\commands\clean.ps1

#CLEAN.PS1
$folder = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
Write-Host "Stopping Containers"
$script = $folder + "\stop-all-containers.ps1"
& $script 
Write-Host "Removing Containers"
$script = $folder + "\remove-all-containers.ps1"
& $script 
Write-Host "Deleting Images"
$script = $folder + "\remove-dangling-images.ps1"
& $script 

Config

Reduce Download Threads

Note the concurrent lines.

{
  "builder": {
    "gc": {
      "defaultKeepStorage": "20GB",
      "enabled": true
    }
  },
  "experimental": false,
  "features": {
    "buildkit": true
  },
  "max-concurrent-downloads": 1,
  "max-concurrent-uploads": 1
}