DOCKER(1)

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)

--annotation=map[]
    Add an annotation to the container (passed through to the OCI runtime)

-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

--cgroupns=""
    Cgroup namespace to use (host|private)
           default-cgroupns-mode option on the daemon (default)

--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

--domainname=""
    Container NIS domain name

--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

--gpus=
    GPU devices to add to the container ('all' to pass all GPUs)

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

--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=
    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

--pull="missing"
    Pull image before creating ("always", "|missing", "never")

-q, --quiet[=false]
    Suppress the pull output

--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=""
    Signal to stop the 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: [:])

--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)