Quickly Spawn A Docker Container Running Ubuntu

20 Feb 2022

Quickly spawn a docker container running ubuntu

Create a docker-compose.yml file

version: "3"
services:
  ubuntu:
    container_name: ubuntu
    image: ubuntu
    restart: on-failure
    tty: true

Run it as a service and keep it running

docker-compose up -d

Check your container

$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE     COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                               NAMES
92db2d2e58e1   ubuntu    "bash"                   About a minute ago   Up About a minute                                       ubuntu
10a50730c227   mysql     "docker-entrypoint.s…"   3 weeks ago          Up About an hour    33060/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3308->3306/tcp   database-db-1
a52cd313247c   mysql     "docker-entrypoint.s…"   3 weeks ago          Up About an hour    33060/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3307->3306/tcp   weddapp-db-1

Access your container where ubuntu is your container name or container ID

$ docker exec -it ubuntu bash

Copy a directory (i.e. mydir) from host to the container On the host, go the directory, perhaps one level above.

Run the following where 92db2d2e58e1 is your container ID

docker cp mydir/. 92db2d2e58e1:/mydir

Copy a directory (i.e. mydir) from container to host Go the directory in the host where you want the directory to be copied to.

Run the following where 92db2d2e58e1 is your container ID

docker cp 92db2d2e58e1:/mydir/. mydir