It was confusing to me as a first-time user that my docker attach command failed; I was expecting the container to run continuously, and when I couldn't attach to it, I assumed something was wrong. ps -a shows that the container still exists, which gives the user confidence to go to the next step.
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@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ Inside of the "shykes/pybuilder" image there is a command called buildapp, we ar |
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docker attach $BUILD_JOB |
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-We attach to the new container to see what is going on. Ctrl-C to disconnect |
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+While this container is running, we can attach to the new container to see what is going on. Ctrl-C to disconnect. |
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+.. code-block:: bash |
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+ docker ps -a |
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+List all docker containers. If this container has already finished running, it will still be listed here. |
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.. code-block:: bash |
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