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Documented steps
Pull if needed and start a container: `docker run [OPTIONS] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]` (docker run is an alias of docker container run).
Run in the background and print the container ID: `docker run -d --name myapp nginx:alpine`.
Publish a container port to the host: `docker run -d -p 8080:80 --name web nginx:alpine` (host 8080 -> container 80).
Run an interactive shell with a TTY: `docker run -it ubuntu bash`; keep STDIN open with -i and allocate a tty with -t.
Set env vars and mount a volume: `docker run -e API_KEY=xyz -v ./data:/data --name app img`.
Tear down on exit: `--rm` auto-removes the container (and anonymous volumes) when it stops; name it with --name or let Docker assign a random name.
Control the image pull policy with --pull (always|missing|never; default missing) and set a restart policy with --restart (no|always|on-failure|unless-stopped).
Official docs: https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/run/
Known gotchas
The main process runs as PID 1; if it exits, the container stops. Use -it + a shell for interactive work, or a long-running foreground command (-d detaches but the container stops if PID 1 exits).
-i and -t are independent: -i keeps STDIN open, -t allocates a pseudo-TTY. A bare `docker run ubuntu bash` exits instantly because bash has no TTY and no input.
Containers share the host kernel; --privileged and --cap-add expand capabilities but weaken isolation.
For persistent data across container replacement use named volumes or bind mounts (-v), not the container's writable layer.
matching ports: -p host:container; exposing without publishing (--expose) does not make ports reachable from the host.
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