Goinside

goinside is a command line tool that helps you run bash inside docker containers easily. You can look at goinside as an alternative for docker exec -it container_name bash with some tweaks.

People have problems with going inside docker containers.

like:

• How do I get into a Docker container?

• How to get bash or ssh into a running container in background mode?

• How to enter in a Docker container already running with a new TTY

• How do I run a command on an already existing Docker container?

Installation

Install package globally on your system:

npm i goinside -g

Or if you prefer yarn:

yarn global install goinside

Usage

Let's say you have a docker container that has bash installed in it.

docker run -d  --name test_container ubuntu tail -F nothing

Now you can open up a terminal inside your container(with proper size):

goinside test_container [bash/sh]

dlist

Also this package comes with a modified version of docker ps command named dlist, you can use this one simply by typing:

dlist