Running a container with docker run - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to run a container from the nginx image.

Docker

docker run [1] nginx

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A--name

B-p

C-d

D-v

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-p' which is for port mapping, not for running in background.

Using '--name' which names the container but does not run it detached.

The '-d' option runs the container in detached mode, so it runs in the background.

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medium

Complete the command to map port 8080 on the host to port 80 in the container.

Docker

docker run -d [1] 8080:80 nginx

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-p

B--name

C--rm

D-v

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-v' which is for volume mapping, not ports.

Using '--rm' which removes the container after exit.

The '-p' option maps ports from host to container.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to name the container 'webserver'.

Docker

docker run -d [1] webserver nginx

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A--name

B-p

C-v

D--rm

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-p' which is for port mapping.

Using '-v' which is for volume mapping.

The '--name' option assigns a name to the container.

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hard

Fill both blanks to run a container named 'db' and remove it after it stops.

Docker

docker run [1] [2] db postgres

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A--rm

B-d

C--name

D-p

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-p' which is for port mapping instead of naming.

Using '-d' which runs detached but does not remove container.

Use '--rm' to remove the container after it stops and '--name' to name it.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to run a detached container named 'app', and mount host folder '/data' to '/app/data' in the container.

Docker

docker run [1] [2] app [3] /data:/app/data nginx

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-d

B--name

C-p

D-v

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-p' for volume mounting instead of '-v'.

Forgetting to run detached with '-d'.

Use '-d' for detached mode, '--name' to name the container, and '-v' to mount volumes.