Category Archives: Docker

Listing all containers: Removing all containers

Getting MySQL up and running in Docker is very easy and fast but there are a few subtle things to note. Firstly there are 2 apparent options. or These handful of words are deceptively simple but you really need to understand what is happening under the covers. docker run mysql Firstly, the docker run mysql… Read More »

Have you ever read articles where sometimes you see the docker command and sometimes and thought to yourself what is the difference? You can find out the difference by going to Docker Hub at: https://hub.docker.com/r/mysql/mysql-server v https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql Firstly, mysql is labeled the “official image” with over 1 billion downloads. The mysql/mysql-server is an “Optimized MySQL… Read More »

In Docker preferences, select “Disk” and you’ll see the disk image location. You’ll also see the allocated image size and the amount used as well. The location for me was: /Users/sean/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/vms/0/data/Docker.raw (Sometimes it the extension can be .qcow2 as well) Other locations for previous versions and other OS’s are: /Users/MyUserName/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux/Docker.qcow2 $HOME/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux/Docker.qcow2 /Users/USERNAME/.docker/machine/machines

Images List: docker images -a Remove: docker rmi Image Image Remove all images: docker rmi $(docker images -a -q) Containers List: docker ps -a Remove: docker rm ID_or_Name ID_or_Name Stop all containers: docker stop $(docker ps -a -q) Remove all containers: docker rm $(docker ps -a -q) Volumes List: docker volume ls Remove: docker volume… Read More »