Use the following commands to navigate docker, manage containers and images, and run containers.

Information and Stats

sudo docker stats

Shows the stats of running docker containers in a live stream loop. Loop repeats once per second.

CONTAINER ID   NAME              CPU %     MEM USAGE / LIMIT     MEM %     NET I/O           BLOCK I/O        PIDS
56f4862b7524   nginx             0.00%     6.512MiB / 3.836GiB   0.17%     862MB / 926MB     35.5MB / 0B      3
c82f4f6ed970   bi_api_container  0.06%     199.7MiB / 3.836GiB   5.08%     34.8MB / 33.2MB   385MB / 15.1MB   21
1d5ff2b5ccd1   bi_jobs_container 0.03%     249.7MiB / 3.836GiB   6.36%     362MB / 121MB     415MB / 188kB    21
855b7d4d3a5c   bi_ds_container   0.10%     266.8MiB / 3.836GiB   6.79%     238MB / 373MB     1.8GB / 187MB    21
6efb04c469b0   bi_web_container  0.05%     380.2MiB / 3.836GiB   9.68%     75.9MB / 174MB    973MB / 19.8MB   24
fab7cbf7d24c   id_api_container  0.04%     140.1MiB / 3.836GiB   3.57%     132MB / 123MB     296MB / 233kB    20
0daf81ca0079   id_ums_container  0.07%     306.7MiB / 3.836GiB   7.81%     88.8MB / 141MB    446MB / 721kB    23
83959b5c67f6   boldbi_db_1       0.00%     45.57MiB / 3.836GiB   1.16%     532kB / 429kB     674MB / 2.05GB   20
18445d8586ba   id_web_container  0.11%     297.8MiB / 3.836GiB   7.58%     87MB / 141MB      508MB / 549kB    23
120800518adf   boldbi_adminer_1  0.00%     5.699MiB / 3.836GiB   0.15%     32.6kB / 0B       65.8MB / 0B      1

Options:

sudo docker stats --all

Shows the stats of all docker containers (running or stopped).

sudo docker stats --no-stream

Disables the live streaming and displays the stats one time and stops.

sudo docker stats --format string

Pretty prints the stats using a format string such as JSON or a table. See examples below. Explanation of the syntax {{ . }} can be found on Go websites or others such as https://gobyexample.com/text-templates

sudo docker stats boldbi_adminer_1 --no-stream --format "{{ json . }}"

Prints the stats of the docker container named “boldbi_adminer_1” without streaming and in a JSON string.

{"BlockIO":"65.8MB / 0B","CPUPerc":"0.00%","Container":"boldbi_adminer_1","ID":"120800518adf","MemPerc":"0.15%","MemUsage":"5.699MiB / 3.836GiB","Name":"boldbi_adminer_1","NetIO":"32.7kB / 0B","PIDs":"1"}

sudo docker stats --no-stream --format "table {{.Container}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}"

Specifies the columns wanted and controls the order of the columns using table formatting.

CONTAINER      CPU %     MEM USAGE / LIMIT
56f4862b7524   0.00%     6.496MiB / 3.836GiB
c82f4f6ed970   0.04%     199.6MiB / 3.836GiB
1d5ff2b5ccd1   0.03%     249.7MiB / 3.836GiB
855b7d4d3a5c   0.06%     266.1MiB / 3.836GiB
6efb04c469b0   4.21%     380.2MiB / 3.836GiB
fab7cbf7d24c   0.04%     140.2MiB / 3.836GiB
0daf81ca0079   0.06%     306.9MiB / 3.836GiB
83959b5c67f6   0.00%     45.57MiB / 3.836GiB
18445d8586ba   0.04%     297.6MiB / 3.836GiB
120800518adf   0.00%     5.699MiB / 3.836GiB