Docker commands reference for containerized developer toolkit environment

Docker commands to perform common tasks in your containerized developer toolkit environment.

Table 1. Docker command reference
Command Description
docker images See all your images. You can see at least four images corresponding to application server, Db2 server, MQ server, and OMS runtime.
docker ps See all running containers. You can see at least four active containers corresponding to application server, Db2 server, MQ server, and OMS runtime.
docker logs -f --tail 100 <container_name> See the running logs of the given container starting with the last 100 lines.
docker exec -it <container_name> bash You must run the commands inside a container as a sudo user.
Note: Be careful while you run commands inside a container. Running unverified commands can make your container unusable and you might have to do fresh setup again.

Enter an active container as a default container user.

21.3Note: The default user in the runtime container of the developer toolkit is changed to a non-root user. The username if the default non-root user is omsuser with user ID as 1000 and group ID as 1000.
docker start <container_name> It is recommended to use the commands in Docker Compose commands reference to start, stop, or restart one or all services rather than directly using the Docker commands.
LINUXsudo systemctl start docker Start the Docker daemon.
LINUXsudo systemctl enable docker Permanently enable Docker daemon.
sudo service docker status Check whether Docker daemon is running.