ps
Usage: docker ps [OPTIONS]
List containers
-a, --all Show all containers (default shows just running)
-f, --filter=[] Filter output based on these conditions:
- exited=<int> an exit code of <int>
- label=<key> or label=<key>=<value>
- status=(created|restarting|running|paused|exited)
- name=<string> a container's name
- id=<ID> a container's ID
- before=(<container-name>|<container-id>)
- since=(<container-name>|<container-id>)
- ancestor=(<image-name>[:tag]|<image-id>|<image@digest>) - containers created from an image or a descendant.
--format=[] Pretty-print containers using a Go template
--help Print usage
-l, --latest Show the latest created container (includes all states)
-n=-1 Show n last created containers (includes all states)
--no-trunc Don't truncate output
-q, --quiet Only display numeric IDs
-s, --size Display total file sizes
Running docker ps --no-trunc showing 2 linked containers.
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
4c01db0b339c ubuntu:12.04 bash 17 seconds ago Up 16 seconds 3300-3310/tcp webapp
d7886598dbe2 crosbymichael/redis:latest /redis-server --dir 33 minutes ago Up 33 minutes 6379/tcp redis,webapp/db
docker ps will show only running containers by default. To see all containers:
docker ps -a
docker ps will group exposed ports into a single range if possible. E.g., a container that exposes TCP ports 100, 101, 102 will display 100-102/tcp in the PORTS column.
Filtering
The filtering flag (-f or --filter) format is a key=value pair. If there is more
than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g. --filter "foo=bar" --filter "bif=baz")
The currently supported filters are:
- id (container's id)
- label (
label=<key>orlabel=<key>=<value>) - name (container's name)
- exited (int - the code of exited containers. Only useful with
--all) - status (created|restarting|running|paused|exited|dead)
- ancestor (
<image-name>[:<tag>],<image id>or<image@digest>) - filters containers that were created from the given image or a descendant. - before (container's id or name) - filters containers created before given id or name
- since (container's id or name) - filters containers created since given id or name
- isolation (default|process|hyperv) (Windows daemon only)
- volume (volume name or mount point) - filters containers that mount volumes.
Label
The label filter matches containers based on the presence of a label alone or a label and a
value.
The following filter matches containers with the color label regardless of its value.
$ docker ps --filter "label=color"
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
673394ef1d4c busybox "top" 47 seconds ago Up 45 seconds nostalgic_shockley
d85756f57265 busybox "top" 52 seconds ago Up 51 seconds high_albattani
The following filter matches containers with the color label with the blue value.
$ docker ps --filter "label=color=blue"
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
d85756f57265 busybox "top" About a minute ago Up About a minute high_albattani
Name
The name filter matches on all or part of a container's name.
The following filter matches all containers with a name containing the nostalgic_stallman string.
$ docker ps --filter "name=nostalgic_stallman"
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
9b6247364a03 busybox "top" 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes nostalgic_stallman
You can also filter for a substring in a name as this shows:
$ docker ps --filter "name=nostalgic"
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
715ebfcee040 busybox "top" 3 seconds ago Up 1 seconds i_am_nostalgic
9b6247364a03 busybox "top" 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes nostalgic_stallman
673394ef1d4c busybox "top" 38 minutes ago Up 38 minutes nostalgic_shockley
Exited
The exited filter matches containers by exist status code. For example, to filter for containers
that have exited successfully:
$ docker ps -a --filter 'exited=0'
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
ea09c3c82f6e registry:latest /srv/run.sh 2 weeks ago Exited (0) 2 weeks ago 127.0.0.1:5000->5000/tcp desperate_leakey
106ea823fe4e fedora:latest /bin/sh -c 'bash -l' 2 weeks ago Exited (0) 2 weeks ago determined_albattani
48ee228c9464 fedora:20 bash 2 weeks ago Exited (0) 2 weeks ago tender_torvalds
Status
The status filter matches containers by status. You can filter using created, restarting, running, paused, exited and dead. For example, to filter for running containers:
$ docker ps --filter status=running
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
715ebfcee040 busybox "top" 16 minutes ago Up 16 minutes i_am_nostalgic
d5c976d3c462 busybox "top" 23 minutes ago Up 23 minutes top
9b6247364a03 busybox "top" 24 minutes ago Up 24 minutes nostalgic_stallman
To filter for paused containers:
$ docker ps --filter status=paused
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
673394ef1d4c busybox "top" About an hour ago Up About an hour (Paused) nostalgic_shockley
Ancestor
The ancestor filter matches containers based on its image or a descendant of it. The filter supports the
following image representation:
- image
- image:tag
- image:tag@digest
- short-id
- full-id
If you don't specify a tag, the latest tag is used. For example, to filter for containers that use the
latest ubuntu image:
$ docker ps --filter ancestor=ubuntu
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
919e1179bdb8 ubuntu-c1 "top" About a minute ago Up About a minute admiring_lovelace
5d1e4a540723 ubuntu-c2 "top" About a minute ago Up About a minute admiring_sammet
82a598284012 ubuntu "top" 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes sleepy_bose
bab2a34ba363 ubuntu "top" 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes focused_yonath
Match containers based on the ubuntu-c1 image which, in this case, is a child of ubuntu:
$ docker ps --filter ancestor=ubuntu-c1
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
919e1179bdb8 ubuntu-c1 "top" About a minute ago Up About a minute admiring_lovelace
Match containers based on the ubuntu version 12.04.5 image:
$ docker ps --filter ancestor=ubuntu:12.04.5
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
82a598284012 ubuntu:12.04.5 "top" 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes sleepy_bose
The following matches containers based on the layer d0e008c6cf02 or an image that have this layer
in it's layer stack.
$ docker ps --filter ancestor=d0e008c6cf02
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
82a598284012 ubuntu:12.04.5 "top" 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes sleepy_bose
Before
The before filter shows only containers created before the container with given id or name. For example,
having these containers created:
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
9c3527ed70ce busybox "top" 14 seconds ago Up 15 seconds desperate_dubinsky
4aace5031105 busybox "top" 48 seconds ago Up 49 seconds focused_hamilton
6e63f6ff38b0 busybox "top" About a minute ago Up About a minute distracted_fermat
Filtering with before would give:
$ docker ps -f before=9c3527ed70ce
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
4aace5031105 busybox "top" About a minute ago Up About a minute focused_hamilton
6e63f6ff38b0 busybox "top" About a minute ago Up About a minute distracted_fermat
Since
The since filter shows only containers created since the container with given id or name. For example,
with the same containers as in before filter:
$ docker ps -f since=6e63f6ff38b0
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
9c3527ed70ce busybox "top" 10 minutes ago Up 10 minutes desperate_dubinsky
4aace5031105 busybox "top" 10 minutes ago Up 10 minutes focused_hamilton
Volume
The volume filter shows only containers that mount a specific volume or have a volume mounted in a specific path:
$ docker ps --filter volume=remote-volume --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Mounts}}"
CONTAINER ID MOUNTS
9c3527ed70ce remote-volume
$ docker ps --filter volume=/data --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Mounts}}"
CONTAINER ID MOUNTS
9c3527ed70ce remote-volume
Formatting
The formatting option (--format) will pretty-print container output using a Go template.
Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
| Placeholder | Description |
|---|---|
.ID |
Container ID |
.Image |
Image ID |
.Command |
Quoted command |
.CreatedAt |
Time when the container was created. |
.RunningFor |
Elapsed time since the container was started. |
.Ports |
Exposed ports. |
.Status |
Container status. |
.Size |
Container disk size. |
.Names |
Container names. |
.Labels |
All labels assigned to the container. |
.Label |
Value of a specific label for this container. For example {{.Label "com.docker.swarm.cpu"}} |
.Mounts |
Names of the volumes mounted in this container. |
When using the --format option, the ps command will either output the data exactly as the template
declares or, when using the table directive, will include column headers as well.
The following example uses a template without headers and outputs the ID and Command
entries separated by a colon for all running containers:
$ docker ps --format "{{.ID}}: {{.Command}}"
a87ecb4f327c: /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA
01946d9d34d8: /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA
c1d3b0166030: /bin/sh -c yum -y up
41d50ecd2f57: /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA
To list all running containers with their labels in a table format you can use:
$ docker ps --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Labels}}"
CONTAINER ID LABELS
a87ecb4f327c com.docker.swarm.node=ubuntu,com.docker.swarm.storage=ssd
01946d9d34d8
c1d3b0166030 com.docker.swarm.node=debian,com.docker.swarm.cpu=6
41d50ecd2f57 com.docker.swarm.node=fedora,com.docker.swarm.cpu=3,com.docker.swarm.storage=ssd