NAME

docker-create - Create a new container

SYNOPSIS

docker create [OPTIONS] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]

DESCRIPTION

Alias for docker container create.

OPTIONS

--add-host=
Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)

-a, --attach=
Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR

--blkio-weight=0
Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000, or 0 to disable (default 0)

--blkio-weight-device=[]
Block IO weight (relative device weight)

--cap-add=
Add Linux capabilities

--cap-drop=
Drop Linux capabilities

--cgroup-parent=""
Optional parent cgroup for the container

--cidfile=""
Write the container ID to the file

--cpu-count=0
CPU count (Windows only)

--cpu-percent=0
CPU percent (Windows only)

--cpu-period=0
Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period

--cpu-quota=0
Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota

--cpu-rt-period=0
Limit CPU real-time period in microseconds

--cpu-rt-runtime=0
Limit CPU real-time runtime in microseconds

-c, --cpu-shares=0
CPU shares (relative weight)

--cpus=
Number of CPUs

--cpuset-cpus=""
CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)

--cpuset-mems=""
MEMs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)

--device=
Add a host device to the container

--device-cgroup-rule=
Add a rule to the cgroup allowed devices list

--device-read-bps=[]
Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device

--device-read-iops=[]
Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device

--device-write-bps=[]
Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device

--device-write-iops=[]
Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device

--disable-content-trust[=true]
Skip image verification

--dns=
Set custom DNS servers

--dns-option=
Set DNS options

--dns-search=
Set custom DNS search domains

--entrypoint=""
Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image

-e, --env=
Set environment variables

--env-file=
Read in a file of environment variables

--expose=
Expose a port or a range of ports

--group-add=
Add additional groups to join

--health-cmd=""
Command to run to check health

--health-interval=0s
Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)

--health-retries=0
Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy

--health-start-period=0s
Start period for the container to initialize before starting health-retries countdown (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)

--health-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

--io-maxbandwidth=0
Maximum IO bandwidth limit for the system drive (Windows only)

--io-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

--kernel-memory=0
Kernel memory limit

-l, --label=
Set meta data on a container

--label-file=
Read in a line delimited file of labels

--link=
Add link to another container

--link-local-ip=
Container IPv4/IPv6 link-local addresses

--log-driver=""
Logging driver for the container

--log-opt=
Log driver options

--mac-address=""
Container MAC address (e.g., 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)

-m, --memory=0
Memory limit

--memory-reservation=0
Memory soft limit

--memory-swap=0
Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: '-1' to enable unlimited swap

--memory-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="default"
Connect a container to a network

--network-alias=
Add network-scoped alias for the container

--no-healthcheck[=false]
Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK

--oom-kill-disable[=false]
Disable OOM Killer

--oom-score-adj=0
Tune host's OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000)

--pid=""
PID namespace to use

--pids-limit=0
Tune container pids limit (set -1 for unlimited)

--platform=""
Set platform if server is multi-platform capable

--privileged[=false]
Give extended privileges to this container

-p, --publish=
Publish a container's port(s) to the host

-P, --publish-all[=false]
Publish all exposed ports to random ports

--read-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 when it exits

--runtime=""
Runtime to use for this container

--security-opt=
Security Options

--shm-size=0
Size of /dev/shm

--stop-signal="SIGTERM"
Signal to stop a container

--stop-timeout=0
Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container

--storage-opt=
Storage driver options for the container

--sysctl=map[]
Sysctl options

--tmpfs=
Mount a tmpfs directory

-t, --tty[=false]
Allocate a pseudo-TTY

--ulimit=[]
Ulimit options

-u, --user=""
Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])

--userns=""
User namespace to use

--uts=""
UTS namespace to use

-v, --volume=
Bind mount a volume

--volume-driver=""
Optional volume driver for the container

--volumes-from=
Mount volumes from the specified container(s)

-w, --workdir=""
Working directory inside the container

SEE ALSO

docker(1)