How to do it...

In this recipe, we are going to see the complete life cycle of a Docker image by using PowerShell Docker cmdlets in conjunction with Docker CLI commands:

  1. Open a Terminal and enter root mode.
  2. Launch PowerShell using pwsh.
  3. Log in to the Docker registry using your Docker username and password credentials or using a standard file as an input for the password. The second option is not recommended, for security reasons:
# docker login
  1. Now, pull the sample hello-world:latest image from the Docker Hub using the Pull-ContainerImage cmdlet:
PS> Pull-ContainerImage hello-world:latest
  1. To run the container image, use the Run-ContainerImage ...

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