How do I get into a Docker container’s shell?

docker attach will let you connect to your Docker container, but this isn’t really the same thing as ssh. If your container is running a webserver, for example, docker attach will probably connect you to the stdout of the web server process. It won’t necessarily give you a shell. The docker exec command is probably what you are looking for; this will let … Read more

Docker: Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock

The user jenkins needs to be added to the group docker: Then restart Jenkins. Edit If you arrive to this question of stack overflow because you receive this message from docker, but you don’t use jenkins, most probably the error is the same: your unprivileged user does not belong to the docker group. You can … Read more

How to fix “SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain” error?

Probably you don’t have correct CA certificates available in the container, so TLS connections can’t be verified. Try to install ca-certificates package (package may have a different name, it depends on the used distribution). UPDATE: Your company inspects TLS connections in the corporate network, so original certificates are replaced by your company certificates. You need … Read more

How to list containers in Docker

To show only running containers use the given command: To show all containers use the given command: To show the latest created container (includes all states) use the given command: To show n last created containers (includes all states) use the given command: To display total file sizes use the given command: The content presented above is from docker.com. In the new version of Docker, commands … Read more