Work In A Container
Create Docker Container
Run a Docker container (docker container run) interactively (-it) called project (--name project) based on the image ubuntu:latest and then run /bin/bash to get terminal.
docker container run -it --name project ubuntu:latest /bin/bashUnable to find image 'ubuntu:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/ubuntu
3ff22d22a855: Pull complete
e7cb79d19722: Pull complete
323d0d660b6a: Pull complete
b7f616834fd0: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:5d1d5407f353843ecf8b16524bc5565aa332e9e6a1297c73a92d3e754b8a636d
Status: Downloaded newer image for ubuntu:latest
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You are now put into the Bash terminal of the Docker image.
Show Container’s Filesystem
View all files and folders (ls) that displays using long format and shows hidden files (-al)
ls -altotal 56
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Aug 7 18:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Aug 7 18:37 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 7 18:37 .dockerenv
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 20 14:43 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 15 11:09 boot
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 360 Aug 7 18:37 dev
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Aug 7 18:37 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 15 11:09 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 20 14:43 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 20 14:43 lib32 -> usr/lib32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 20 14:43 lib64 -> usr/lib64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 20 14:43 libx32 -> usr/libx32
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 20 14:43 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 20 14:43 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 20 14:43 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 864 root root 0 Aug 7 18:37 proc
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jul 20 14:57 root
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Jul 24 14:38 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jul 20 14:43 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 20 14:43 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Aug 7 18:37 sys
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jul 20 14:57 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Jul 20 14:43 usr
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Jul 20 14:57 var
We can see from ls -al that we are in the root directory of a Ubuntu installation.