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Container lifecycleDocker

docker run

docker rundocker container run

Launch a container from an image in detached or interactive mode.

Command
docker run -d --name

Example usage

Start a container, optionally remove it after exit, and choose detached or interactive mode.

docker run -d --name <container_name> <image_name>
docker run -it --rm <image_name> /bin/bash

Related tags

Container lifecycledocker container runcontainersimagescompose