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Accessing the Container Shell

Tested Infrastructure

<table class="tg"> <tr> <th class="tg-yw4l"><b>Platform</b></th> <th class="tg-yw4l"><b>Number of Instance</b></th> <th class="tg-yw4l"><b>Reading Time</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td class="tg-yw4l"><b> Play with Docker</b></td> <td class="tg-yw4l"><b>1</b></td> <td class="tg-yw4l"><b>5 min</b></td> </tr> </table>

Pre-requisite

  • Create an account with DockerHub
  • Open PWD Platform on your browser
  • Click on Add New Instance on the left side of the screen to bring up Alpine OS instance on the right side

Create Ubuntu Container

docker run -dit ubuntu 

Accessing the container shell

docker exec -ti <container-id> bash

Accesssing the container shell

docker attach <container-id>

Proceed >> Running a Command inside running Container