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NAME
docke-create- Create a new container
SYNOPSIS
docker create [OPTIONS] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]
DESCRIPTION
Alias for
docker container create.
OPTIONS
-ad-host=
Add a custom hos-t-IP mapping (host:ip)
-annotation=map[]
Add an annotation to the container (passed through to the OCI runtime)
-a, -attach=
Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR
-blki-weight=0
Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000, or 0 to disable (default 0)
-blki-weigh-device=[]
Block IO weight (relative device weight)
-ca-add=
Add Linux capabilities
-ca-drop=
Drop Linux capabilities
-cgrou-parent=""
Optional parent cgroup for the container
-cgroupns=""
Cgroup namespace to use (host|private)
'host': Run the container in the Docker host's cgroup namespace
'private': Run the container in its own private cgroup namespace
'': Use the cgroup namespace as configured by the
defaul-cgroupn-mode option on the daemon (default)
-cidfile=""
Write the container ID to the file
-cp-count=0
CPU count (Windows only)
-cp-percent=0
CPU percent (Windows only)
-cp-period=0
Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period
-cp-quota=0
Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota
-cp-r-period=0
Limit CPU rea-time period in microseconds
-cp-r-runtime=0
Limit CPU rea-time runtime in microseconds
-c, -cp-shares=0
CPU shares (relative weight)
-cpus=
Number of CPUs
-cpuse-cpus=""
CPUs in which to allow execution (-3, 0,1)
-cpuse-mems=""
MEMs in which to allow execution (-3, 0,1)
-device=
Add a host device to the container
-devic-cgrou-rule=
Add a rule to the cgroup allowed devices list
-devic-rea-bps=[]
Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device
-devic-rea-iops=[]
Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device
-devic-writ-bps=[]
Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device
-devic-writ-iops=[]
Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device
-disabl-conten-trust[=true]
Skip image verification
-dns=
Set custom DNS servers
-dn-option=
Set DNS options
-dn-search=
Set custom DNS search domains
-domainname=""
Container NIS domain name
-entrypoint=""
Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image
-e, -env=
Set environment variables
-en-file=
Read in a file of environment variables
-expose=
Expose a port or a range of ports
-gpus=
GPU devices to add to the container ('all' to pass all GPUs)
-grou-add=
Add additional groups to join
-healt-cmd=""
Command to run to check health
-healt-interval=0s
Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
-healt-retries=0
Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy
-healt-star-interval=0s
Time between running the check during the start period (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
-healt-star-period=0s
Start period for the container to initialize before starting healt-retries countdown (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
-healt-timeout=0s
Maximum time to allow one check to run (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)
-help[=false]
Print usage
-h, -hostname=""
Container host name
-init[=false]
Run an init inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes
-i, -interactive[=false]
Keep STDIN open even if not attached
-i-maxbandwidth=0
Maximum IO bandwidth limit for the system drive (Windows only)
-i-maxiops=0
Maximum IOps limit for the system drive (Windows only)
-ip=""
IPv4 address (e.g., 172.30.100.104)
-ip6=""
IPv6 address (e.g., 2001:db8::33)
-ipc=""
IPC mode to use
-isolation=""
Container isolation technology
-kerne-memory=0
Kernel memory limit
-l, -label=
Set meta data on a container
-labe-file=
Read in a line delimited file of labels
-link=
Add link to another container
-lin-loca-ip=
Container IPv4/IPv6 lin-local addresses
-lo-driver=""
Logging driver for the container
-lo-opt=
Log driver options
-ma-address=""
Container MAC address (e.g., 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)
-m, -memory=0
Memory limit
-memor-reservation=0
Memory soft limit
-memor-swap=0
Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: -1' to enable unlimited swap
-memor-swappiness-1
Tune container memory swappiness (0 to 100)
-mount=
Attach a filesystem mount to the container
-name=""
Assign a name to the container
-network=
Connect a container to a network
-networ-alias=
Add networ-scoped alias for the container
-n-healthcheck[=false]
Disable any containe-specified HEALTHCHECK
-oo-kil-disable[=false]
Disable OOM Killer
-oo-scor-adj=0
Tune host's OOM preferences -1000 to 1000)
-pid=""
PID namespace to use
-pid-limit=0
Tune container pids limit (set-1 for unlimited)
-platform=""
Set platform if server is mult-platform capable
-privileged[=false]
Give extended privileges to this container
-p, -publish=
Publish a container's port(s) to the host
-P, -publis-all[=false]
Publish all exposed ports to random ports
-pull="missing"
Pull image before creating ("always", "|missing", "never")
-q, -quiet[=false]
Suppress the pull output
-rea-only[=false]
Mount the container's root filesystem as read only
-restart="no"
Restart policy to apply when a container exits
-rm[=false]
Automatically remove the container and its associated anonymous volumes when it exits
-runtime=""
Runtime to use for this container
-securit-opt=
Security Options
-sh-size=0
Size of /dev/shm
-sto-signal=""
Signal to stop the container
-sto-timeout=0
Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container
-storag-opt=
Storage driver options for the container
-sysctl=map[]
Sysctl options
-tmpfs=
Mount a tmpfs directory
-t, -tty[=false]
Allocate a pseud-TTY
-ulimit=[]
Ulimit options
-us-ap-socket[=false]
Bind mount Docker API socket and required auth
-u, -user=""
Username or UID (format: [:])
-userns=""
User namespace to use
-uts=""
UTS namespace to use
-v, -volume=
Bind mount a volume
-volum-driver=""
Optional volume driver for the container
-volume-from=
Mount volumes from the specified container(s)
-w, -workdir=""
Working directory inside the container
SEE ALSO
docker(1)
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