Connect to a running docker container

Posted on 2015-03-25 in Trucs et astuces

If you are running docker 1.3 or above, you should use: docker exec -it CONTAINER COMMAND to run COMMAND within the container. You can easily create a function to ease the thing and run bash by default:

dk-enter() {
    docker exec -it "$1" "${2:-/bin/bash}"
}

Otherwies, you can easily open a shell in a running docker container with the following commands:

  • Get the container pid: docker inspect -f {{.State.Pid}} <container-id>
  • Connect: nsenter --target <pid> --mount --uts --ipc --net --pid

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