Docker Machine has multiple commands in order to manage a machine.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| 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.
If you are using Ionos Cloud Docker Machine Driver with Rancher Machine, use rancher-machine help to see the available commands.
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
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.
To stop a Docker Machine, run:
docker-machine stop test-machine
Expected output:
Stopping "test-machine"...
Machine "test-machine" was stopped.
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.
To get the status of a Docker Machine created, run:
docker-machine status test-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.