How To Clean Up Containers?(Docker Prune Containers)
When we using the docker containers, It always a recommended practice to optimize the resource. Once the execution or life cycle of container is completed they will remain as stack with stopped state with consumed hardware resources. By default that donāt free up the resources, we have to actively check and clean up the stopped containers to make the resources available for running containers. They are 2 ways of cleaning/removing the stopped containers as follows:
1. One way is to use `docker rm` for removing the containers in the system. This can be performed either manual or scripted approach.
2. Other way is to use `docker container prune` for cleaning the containers that no longer needed for use. But it is recommended to check twice before the deleting the containers with this command, to prevent of data loss of needed running containers.
- Here, In the below screenshot we have 2 running containers out of 6. To make the more resources available to that running containers, we have remove those 4 stopped containers, which are no longer needed.
- On usage of `docker container prune` command we can clean up the containers which are in inactive state. While executing the command it asks confirmation of cleaning of those containers.
- By confirmating the option āYā or āyā . It will remove the four stopped containers from the server.
- In clearly use the execution with the following screenshot of other example, Here In the box specified are listed container id and below it specifies the total reclaimed space of 1.051kb.
Docker Prune | Definition,Syntax,Examples
In the evolution of containerization, management of container environments is essential. In this docker prune a command provides a simplified approach of cleaning up unused resources from your containers. The importance of docker prune, and knowing how to improve resource usage by cleaning up the unused storage and enhancing the reliability and efficiency of container infrastructure.
Table of Content
- What Is Docker Prune?
- Why Is Docker Prone Important?
- How To Use Docker Prune?
- Docker System Prune
- Syntax
- Options
- Example
- Filters
- Implementation Of Clean Up Of Docker Resources
- How To Clean Up Containers?
- How To Clean Up Docker Images? ( Docker Image Prune )
- How To Clean Up All Docker Images
- How To Clean Up Docker Volumes?
- How To Clean Up Docker Networks?
- Best Practices Of Docker Prune
- Top Reasons Why Docker Prune Is Crucial To A Successful Container Strategy
- Conclusion
- Docker Prune ā FAQs