FROM ubuntu

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim

the above is all i have in the docker file to just install vim over ubuntu

I run this in local using

docker build -t myFirstUbuntuimage .

Then if i run the container using the above image as

docker run -d --name myfirstcontainer myFirstUbuntuimage:latest

the container does not run. How can i make it run?

docker ps shows empty

CodePudding user response：

The container is probably running just fine. The default behavior of the ubuntu image is to start an interactive shell, but since you're starting a non-interactive container, the shell will just exit immediately.

What do you expect to happen when you run the container?

If you drop the -d and add -it, you'll get an interactive shell:

docker run -it --name myfirstcontainer myFirstUbuntuimage:latest