--- title: Docker Cheat-sheet for beginners 🐳 | daily.dev description: Comprehensive cheat sheet for beginners to master essential Docker commands. Includes instructions for working with containers, managing images, handling... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/docker-cheat-sheet-for-beginners--7dj46a7as twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Docker Cheat-sheet for beginners 🐳 | daily.dev og:description: Comprehensive cheat sheet for beginners to master essential Docker commands. Includes instructions for working with containers, managing images, handling... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/docker-cheat-sheet-for-beginners--7dj46a7as og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7dj46a7AS.png og:image:alt: Docker Cheat-sheet for beginners 🐳 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Docker Cheat-sheet for beginners 🐳 **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 2 min read · 1703 upvotes · 31 comments ## Summary Comprehensive cheat sheet for beginners to master essential Docker commands. Includes instructions for working with containers, managing images, handling networks, using Docker Compose, and monitoring resource usage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@engineerdaryl** · 12 upvotes > The `docker-compose` command is now a sub command of docker, so the hypen should be removed (just `docker compose`) **@kovalevdmv** · 6 upvotes > What's the point of just copying documentation without explanation? It's the most useless thing. You're wasting people's time for nothing. **@alphatgr** · 3 upvotes > It's really a helpful and beginner friendly cheat sheet for docker. Glad you shared it with us... **@chandrapantachhetri** · 2 upvotes > Thank you but it would've been nice to have all this info in a 1 page sheet **@orashus** · 1 upvotes > Thanks man ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/docker-cheat-sheet-for-beginners--7dj46a7as) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Docker Cheat-sheet for beginners 🐳","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/docker-cheat-sheet-for-beginners--7dj46a7as","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/docker-cheat-sheet-for-beginners--7dj46a7as"},"datePublished":"2024-09-19T10:28:57.669Z","dateModified":"2024-12-11T13:41:19.270Z","description":"Comprehensive cheat sheet for beginners to master essential Docker commands. Includes instructions for working with containers, managing images, handling...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0638132c7a92dea563506a61552ad097?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0638132c7a92dea563506a61552ad097?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":31,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/docker-cheat-sheet-for-beginners--7dj46a7as","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1703},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":31}],"keywords":"webdev,devops,docker,containers","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Docker Cheat-sheet for beginners 🐳"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/docker-cheat-sheet-for-beginners--7dj46a7as","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"The docker-compose command is now a sub command of docker, so the hypen should be removed (just docker compose)","datePublished":"2024-09-28T05:53:47.960Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7dj46a7AS#c-eoptf1z6w","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Daryl","url":"https://daily.dev/engineerdaryl","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--MpXzDiim--/f_auto/v1724610157/avatars/avatar_ouikky6ZwW1UjUwAypnQb"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"What’s the point of just copying documentation without explanation? It’s the most useless thing. You’re wasting people’s time for nothing.","datePublished":"2024-09-28T08:51:05.871Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7dj46a7AS#c-En2Z65nLy","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Дмитрий Ковалев","url":"https://daily.dev/kovalevdmv","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocInavjg-J1cpkpKJzqGdHqQ_-flwe0Tkq5YAHDYUlgAvBcmAg=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"It’s really a helpful and beginner friendly cheat sheet for docker. Glad you shared it with us…","datePublished":"2024-09-27T05:18:20.921Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7dj46a7AS#c-Y0CVvzAOh","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Haider Abbas","url":"https://daily.dev/alphatgr","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--IKLb8WQP--/f_auto/v1727414048/avatars/avatar_pBafbvjysWtOovNDo0Zac"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thank you but it would’ve been nice to have all this info in a 1 page sheet","datePublished":"2024-09-28T13:58:25.169Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7dj46a7AS#c-FpUWd7jmg","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Chandra Panta Chhetri","url":"https://daily.dev/chandrapantachhetri","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--jyEItTbl--/f_auto/v1731874940/avatars/avatar_7bMGMXLqZfcWec4Z1CnGC"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks man","datePublished":"2024-09-29T08:08:41.429Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7dj46a7AS#c-k6ipECVZw","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rash Edmund","url":"https://daily.dev/orashus","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--d_NwoTvn--/f_auto/v1709104785/avatars/avatar_KbTYEn0nnZI6qZhxNlMT0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```