docker-essentials

Manage Docker containers by running, stopping, restarting, removing, and inspecting them to handle local development and debugging workflows. This provides essential commands to control the container lifecycle without searching external documentation.

Building and tagging Docker images uses standard commands to create, pull, push, and prune images for CI workflows and local iteration. This approach supports efficient image and build management directly from the command line.

Run a detached Docker container with host port mapping by executing a command that maps a host port like 8080 to a container port like 80. This allows you to start services in the background while keeping them accessible locally.

Docker-compose supports managing multi-service apps for lightweight deployments by defining and running them together. Compose-specific operations allow you to orchestrate multiple containers, networks, and volumes efficiently.

You need a host with Docker CLI installed and appropriate permissions to run containers and access images for managing volumes and networks. Optional docker-compose is required only for compose-specific operations.

Clean up unused Docker images and containers by running prune commands to remove dangling resources. This helps reclaim disk space and maintain a tidy local development environment.