Linux Administration Cookbook

How to do it...

As with the LXC section, we're going to start an Ubuntu container, and we're then going to interact with it. 

Begin with the following command:

$ sudo docker run -itd --rm alpine /bin/ashUnable to find image 'alpine:latest' locallylatest: Pulling from library/alpine4fe2ade4980c: Pull complete Digest: sha256:621c2f39f8133acb8e64023a94dbdf0d5ca81896102b9e57c0dc184cadaf5528Status: Downloaded newer image for alpine:latest5396b707087a161338b6f74862ef949d3081b83bbdcbc3693a35504e5cfbccd4

Now that the container is up and running, you can view it with docker ps:

$ sudo docker psCONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES5396b707087a alpine "/bin/ash" 45 seconds ago Up 44 seconds ecstatic_lalande

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