Try docker rmi node. That should work.
Seeing all created containers is as simple as docker ps -a.
To remove all existing containers (not images!) run docker rm $(docker ps -aq)
Docker 1.9.0 and above
Use volume API
docker volume create --name hello
docker run -d -v hello:/container/path/for/volume container_image my_command
This means that the data-only container pattern must be abandoned in favour of the new volumes.
Actually the volume API is only a better way to achieve what was the data-container pattern.
If you create a container with a -v volume_name:/container/fs/path Docker will automatically create a named volume for you that can:
- Be listed through the
docker volume ls
- Be identified through the
docker volume inspect volume_name
- Backed up as a normal directory
- Backed up as before through a
--volumes-from connection
The new volume API adds a useful command that lets you identify dangling volumes:
docker volume ls -f dangling=true
And then remove it through its name:
docker volume rm <volume name>
As @mpugach underlines in the comments, you can get rid of all the dangling volumes with a nice one-liner:
docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -f dangling=true -q)
# Or using 1.13.x
docker volume prune
Docker 1.8.x and below
The approach that seems to work best for production is to use a data only container.
The data only container is run on a barebones image and actually does nothing except exposing a data volume.
Then you can run any other container to have access to the data container volumes:
docker run --volumes-from data-container some-other-container command-to-execute
- Here you can get a good picture of how to arrange the different containers.
- Here there is a good insight on how volumes work.
In this blog post there is a good description of the so-called container as volume pattern which clarifies the main point of having data only containers.
Docker documentation has now the DEFINITIVE description of the container as volume/s pattern.
Following is the backup/restore procedure for Docker 1.8.x and below.
BACKUP:
sudo docker run --rm --volumes-from DATA -v $(pwd):/backup busybox tar cvf /backup/backup.tar /data
- --rm: remove the container when it exits
- --volumes-from DATA: attach to the volumes shared by the DATA container
- -v $(pwd):/backup: bind mount the current directory into the container; to write the tar file to
- busybox: a small simpler image - good for quick maintenance
- tar cvf /backup/backup.tar /data: creates an uncompressed tar file of all the files in the /data directory
RESTORE:
# Create a new data container
$ sudo docker run -v /data -name DATA2 busybox true
# untar the backup files into the new container᾿s data volume
$ sudo docker run --rm --volumes-from DATA2 -v $(pwd):/backup busybox tar xvf /backup/backup.tar
data/
data/sven.txt
# Compare to the original container
$ sudo docker run --rm --volumes-from DATA -v `pwd`:/backup busybox ls /data
sven.txt
Here is a nice article from the excellent Brian Goff explaining why it is good to use the same image for a container and a data container.
Best Answer
You need the Dotdeb repository in /etc/apt/sources.list on your docker image: