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docker service — Manage the services on a Docker daemon. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/doc

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Problem

How to use the docker service command: Manage the services on a Docker daemon. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/service/>.

Solution

docker service — Manage the services on a Docker daemon. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/service/>.

List the services on a Docker daemon:

docker service ls

Create a new service:

docker service create --name {{service_name}} {{image}}:{{tag}}

Display detailed information about one or more services:

docker service inspect {{service_name_or_ID1 service_name_or_ID2}}

List the tasks of one or more services:

docker service ps {{service_name_or_ID1 service_name_or_ID2 ...}}

Scale to a specific number of replicas for a space-separated list of services:

docker service scale {{service_name}}={{count_of_replicas}}

Remove one or more services:

docker service rm {{service_name_or_ID1 service_name_or_ID2}}

Code Snippets

List the services on a Docker daemon

docker service ls

Create a new service

docker service create --name {{service_name}} {{image}}:{{tag}}

Display detailed information about one or more services

docker service inspect {{service_name_or_ID1 service_name_or_ID2}}

List the tasks of one or more services

docker service ps {{service_name_or_ID1 service_name_or_ID2 ...}}

Scale to a specific number of replicas for a space-separated list of services

docker service scale {{service_name}}={{count_of_replicas}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/docker service

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