Get names of all running containers in docker

Subash Chandran 24th March 2020 Leave a Comment

Find out how to get names and IP addresses of all containers in docker. In Docker each container would have its own name, image name, IP Address etc.

The command that are going to use is

docker ps

This command list all the information like IP Address, Name, Image Name of the docker containers. To run this command you need to log into your docker.

Syntax

docker ps [OPTIONS]

Just run docker ps command to view details of containers.

jenkins@5d54ee66f805:/$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                              NAMES
5d54ee66f805        jenkins_image       "/sbin/tini -- /usr/…"   4 weeks ago         Up 4 weeks          0.0.0.0:8080->8080/tcp, 0.0.0.0:50000->50000/tcp   smart-app-jenkins

To view all the containers (including hidden containers) pass -a to docker ps command.

jenkins@5d54ee66f805:/$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS                    PORTS                                              NAMES
b790b3cff76c        jenkins_image       "/sbin/tini -- /usr/…"   2 days ago          Exited (137) 2 days ago                                                      great_cray
6364e39943e6        jenkins_image       "/sbin/tini -- /usr/…"   2 days ago          Created                                                                      pensive_satoshi
8b34f1b7778a        jenkins_image       "/sbin/tini -- /usr/…"   2 days ago          Exited (137) 2 days ago                                                      stupefied_tu
7317172f3abb        jenkins_image       "/sbin/tini -- /usr/…"   2 days ago          Exited (130) 2 days ago                                                      infallible_satoshi
5d54ee66f805        jenkins_image       "/sbin/tini -- /usr/…"   4 weeks ago         Up 4 weeks                0.0.0.0:8080->8080/tcp, 0.0.0.0:50000->50000/tcp   smart-app-jenkins

To view the space used by the containers pass -s to docker ps command.

jenkins@5d54ee66f805:/$ docker ps -s
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                              NAMES               SIZE
5d54ee66f805        jenkins_image       "/sbin/tini -- /usr/…"   4 weeks ago         Up 4 weeks          0.0.0.0:8080->8080/tcp, 0.0.0.0:50000->50000/tcp   smart-app-jenkins   45MB (virtual 1.7GB)

You can filter on the containers’ information using –filter flag.

jenkins@5d54ee66f805:/$ docker ps -a --filter "name=great_cray"
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS                    PORTS               NAMES
b790b3cff76c        jenkins_image       "/sbin/tini -- /usr/…"   2 days ago          Exited (137) 2 days ago                       great_cray

In the above command, I filter the containers with name great_cray