Running a container in Docker

To run a container you can simply type:

$docker run <image name>

Some of the flags available are the following:

Flag	Effect
-i	Attaches the stdout and stdin to the container.
-t	Creates a fake tty for the container.
\-\-rm	Removes the image as soon as it is exited.
\-\-name <container name>	Gives the container a name to be used as a reference when managing. If not provided, Docker will give it a random unique name.
-d	Detaches the input and output of the container so as not to exit the container on exit.
-p <external>:<internal>	Attaches the <external> port to the <internal> port on the container itself.
-P	Attaches a random external port to the internal port on the container itself.
-e <key>=<value>	Changes the <key> environment variable to the <value> value inside the container.
\-\-mount \-\-type=bound,source= <path to source>,target= <path to target>	Mounts the local filesytem <source> directory to the container’s <target> directory. It is required that no space is given after commas.
\-\-restart <restart type>	The restart policy can take on 4 values, being “no”, “on-failure”, “unless-stopped”, “always”. To restart after reboot, use “unless-stopped”.

For more advanced commands refer to the official Docker documentation.