List containers with `docker ps`

Modified: 21 Oct 2024 22:57 UTC

In order to see all of your provisioned Docker containers, running and stopped, you can run docker ps -a. The -a modifier is what ensures all containers are listed.

$ docker ps -a
Executing in <data center> (via env var; use `eval "$(triton env <profile name>)"` to change) at 01:47:29 PM
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS                    PORTS                         NAMES
828ef84a23d0        nginx               "nginx -g 'daemon off"   3 days ago          Exited (0) 25 hours ago   0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 443/tcp   ecstatic_stallman
78de959d7c96        ubuntu              "/bin/bash"              3 days ago          Exited (0) 3 days ago                                   compassionate_goodall
27d747a35429        ubuntu              "/bin/bash"              2 days ago                                                                  cranky_jepsen

On Triton, docker ps is similar to triton instances, although docker commands will only return your Docker containers and triton instances will show all of your containers and VMs.

List your instances