Useful Docker commands

Official Docker installation instructions for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Official Docker Compose installation instructions for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Run Docker image

docker run <IMAGENAME>

View Running Docker processes

docker ps

View Locally Available Docker images

docker images

Run In Background

docker run -d <IMAGENAME> or $ docker run --detatched=true <IMAGENAME>

Map open ports to host

if you want to, for example, be able to access a web server running within the Docker container from an outside browser, you can do this to make it available

docker run -P <IMAGENAME>