Commands
Docker Machine Commands
Docker Machine has multiple commands in order to manage a machine.
active
Print which machine is active
config
Print the connection config for machine
create
Create a machine
env
Display the commands to set up the environment for the Docker client
inspect
Inspect information about a machine
ip
Get the IP address of a machine
kill
Kill a machine
ls
List machines
provision
Re-provision existing machines
regenerate-certs
Regenerate TLS Certificates for a machine
restart
Restart a machine
rm
Remove a machine
ssh
Log into or run a command on a machine with SSH.
scp
Copy files between machines
mount
Mount or unmount a directory from a machine with SSHFS.
start
Start a machine
status
Get the status of a machine
stop
Stop a machine
upgrade
Upgrade a machine to the latest version of Docker
url
Get the URL of a machine
version
Show the Docker Machine version or a machine docker version
help
Shows a list of commands or help for one command
For more available options to manage a Docker Machine, use docker-machine help
.
Rancher Machine Commands
If you are using Ionos Cloud Docker Machine Driver with Rancher Machine, use rancher-machine help
to see the available commands.
Examples
List Machines
To list the machines you have created, use the command:
docker-machine ls
It will return information about your machines, similar to this:
NAME ACTIVE DRIVER STATE URL SWARM DOCKER ERRORS
test-machine * ionoscloud Running tcp://158.222.102.154:2376 v20.10.5
Start a Machine
To start a Docker Machine, run:
docker-machine start test-machine
Expected output:
Starting "test-machine"...
Machine "test-machine" was started.
Waiting for SSH to be available...
Detecting the provisioner...
Started machines may have new IP addresses. You may need to re-run the `docker-machine env` command.
Stop a Machine
To stop a Docker Machine, run:
docker-machine stop test-machine
Expected output:
Stopping "test-machine"...
Machine "test-machine" was stopped.
Restart a Machine
To restart a Docker Machine, run:
docker-machine restart test-machine
Expected output:
Restarting "test-machine"...
Waiting for SSH to be available...
Detecting the provisioner...
Restarted machines may have new IP addresses. You may need to re-run the `docker-machine env` command.
Get Status
To get the status of a Docker Machine created, run:
docker-machine status test-machine
Remove a Machine
To remove a Docker Machine and all the resources associated with it, run:
docker-machine rm test-machine
It should produce results similar to this:
About to remove test-machine
WARNING: This action will delete both local reference and remote instance.
Are you sure? (y/n): y
(test-machine) Starting deleting resources...
(test-machine) NIC Deleted
(test-machine) Volume Deleted
(test-machine) Server Deleted
(test-machine) LAN Deleted
(test-machine) DataCenter Deleted
(test-machine) IPBlock Deleted
Successfully removed test-machine
The remove command can also be used with --force
or -f
flag.
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