Pulling images from Docker Hub - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Pulling images from Docker Hub

📖 Scenario: You are setting up a simple environment to run applications using Docker containers. To do this, you need to pull official images from Docker Hub, which is like an app store for container images.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to pull specific Docker images from Docker Hub using exact commands. This will help you prepare your system to run containers based on these images.

📋 What You'll Learn

Use the docker pull command to download images

Pull the exact image nginx:latest

Pull the exact image redis:7.0

Pull the exact image python:3.12-slim

Display the list of downloaded images using docker images

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Developers and system administrators often pull images from Docker Hub to run applications in containers without building images from scratch.

💼 Career

Knowing how to pull images is a fundamental skill for DevOps engineers and developers working with containerized applications.

1

Pull the nginx:latest image

Use the command docker pull nginx:latest to download the official nginx image with the latest tag from Docker Hub.

Docker

# Use the command to pull nginx:latest image
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Type exactly docker pull nginx:latest to get the nginx image.

2

Pull the redis:7.0 image

Add the command docker pull redis:7.0 below your previous command to download the Redis image version 7.0 from Docker Hub.

Docker

docker pull nginx:latest
# Use the command to pull redis:7.0 image
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Type exactly docker pull redis:7.0 to get the Redis image version 7.0.

3

Pull the python:3.12-slim image

Add the command docker pull python:3.12-slim below your previous commands to download the Python 3.12 slim image from Docker Hub.

Docker

docker pull nginx:latest
docker pull redis:7.0
# Use the command to pull python:3.12-slim image
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Type exactly docker pull python:3.12-slim to get the Python 3.12 slim image.

4

List all downloaded Docker images

Use the command docker images to display all the images you have pulled so far.

Docker

docker pull nginx:latest
docker pull redis:7.0
docker pull python:3.12-slim
# Use the command to list all images
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Type exactly docker images to see the list of downloaded images.