Keypoint from Docker in Action

Docker runs as the root user on your system. On some systems you'llneed to execute the docker command line using sudo. Failing to do so will result in a permissions error message. You can eliminate this requirement by creating a “docker” group, setting that group as the owner of the docker socket, and adding your user to that group. Consult the Docker online documentation for your distribution for detailed instructions, or try it both way sand stick with the option that works for you. For consistency, this book will omit the sudo prefix.

Whenyou use docker run the second time, it creates a second container from the same repository (figure 1.7 illustrates this). This means that if you repeatedly use docker run and create a bunch of containers, you’ll need to get a list of the containers you'vecreated and maybe at some point destroy them.

The docker logs command has a flag, --follow or -f, that will display
the logs and then continue watching and updating the display with changes
to the log as they occur. When you’ve finished, press Ctrl (or Command) and
the C key to interrupt the logs command.

To see all the
containers (including those in the exited state), use the -a option

docker inspect --format "{{.State.Running}}" wp

SQL_CID=$(docker create -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=ch2demo mysql:5)
docker start $SQL_CID
MAILER_CID=$(docker create dockerinaction/ch2_mailer)
docker start $MAILER_CID
WP_CID=$(docker create --link $SQL_CID:mysql -p 80 \
-v /run/lock/apache2/ -v /run/apache2/ \
--read-only wordpress:4)
docker start $WP_CID
AGENT_CID=$(docker create --link $WP_CID:insideweb \
--link $MAILER_CID:insidemailer \
dockerinaction/ch2_agent)
docker start $AGENT_CID

if [ ! -n "$CLIENT_ID" ]; then
echo "Client ID not set”
exit 1
fi
WP_CID=$(docker create \
--link $DB_CID:mysql \
--name wp_$CLIENT_ID \
-p 80 \
-v /run/lock/apache2/ -v /run/apache2/ \
-e WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=$CLIENT_ID \
--read-only wordpress:4)
docker start $WP_CID
AGENT_CID=$(docker create \
--name agent_$CLIENT_ID \
--link $WP_CID:insideweb \
--link $MAILER_CID:insidemailer \
dockerinaction/ch2_agent)
docker start $AGENT_CID

a Docker container can be in one of four states:
■ Running
■ Paused
■ Restarting
■ Exited (also used if the container has never been started)