Create A Container

Host Network

This creates a named container and attaches it to the host network and may cause port conflict if the host machine is already listening on any exposed ports from the Docker Image being used.

sudo docker run \
    -d \
    --network host \
    -v "$(pwd)"/public_html:/var/www/html \
    --name php-5-6-apache \
    php-5-6-apache:latest

Notes

• Using -d

  To detach the running container process from the terminal so it can run in the background.

• Using --network host

  To use the Host machine network directly.

• Using -v "$(pwd)"/public_html:/var/www/html

  To Volume Mount the folder public_html from the current folder to /var/www/html on the running container. It is where Apache serves the content from & allows for realtime change updates.

• Using --name php-5-6-apache

  To name the Container being created.

• Using php-5-6-apache:latest

  To specify the docker image to create the container from.

Bridge Network

This creates a named container and attaches it to the bridge network and allows for port forward mapping from the host to the Container.

sudo docker run \
    -d \
    --network bridge \
    -p 8080:80/tcp \
    -v "$(pwd)"/public_html:/var/www/html \
    --name php-5-6-apache \
    php-5-6-apache:latest

Notes

• Using -d

  To detach the running container process from the terminal so it can run in the background.

• Using --network bridge

  To use the Bridge network with port forward mapping.

• Using -p 8080:80/tcp

  To map port 8080 on the Host machine to port 80 on the Container when using the --network bridge.

• Using -v "$(pwd)"/public_html:/var/www/html

  To Volume Mount the folder public_html from the current folder to /var/www/html on the running container. It is where Apache serves the content from & allows for realtime change updates.

• Using --name php-5-6-apache

  To name the Container being created.

• Using php-5-6-apache:latest

  To specify the docker image to create the container from.