Docker images

Image contains applications binaries, dependencies for the app along with metadata about how to run it

Usage: docker image command

Image details

ls - List downloaded images

build — Build an image.

history — See intermediate image info. Eg: docker image history nginx:latest

inspect — Inspect the image, including the layers. Eg: docker image inspect nginx

Tag image

docker image tag <source-img:tag> <taget-image:tag>

Upload image to docker hub

docker image push [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]

Cleaning up images

Remove dangling images

docker image prune

Remove images that are not in use

docker image prune -a

Cleanup everything

docker system prune