Docker: Start Container – Docker Run Command

A docker run command is one of the basic commands in a Docker universe as it is used to start containers from Docker images.

In this short note i will show how to start a Docker container in a foreground, in a background or with an interactive shell session of bash or sh from the command line using the docker run command.

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Start Docker Container

Docker Image: If the image from which you want to start a Docker container using the docker run command is not downloaded yet (not in cache), it will be pulled automatically from a Docker registry.

Start a container from a Docker image in a foreground:

$ docker run <image>
$ docker run <image>:<tag>
$ docker run <registry>:<port>/<repository>/<image>:<tag>

Start a Docker container in a background:

$ docker run -d <image>

Start a Docker container with an interactive shell session of bash or sh:

$ docker run -it <image> /bin/bash
- or -
docker run -it <image> /bin/sh

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