Docker: Assign a name to your container

Using –name argument, you can assign a name to your container.

Example

docker run --name myWebApplication jboss/wildfly

$docker container ls
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
c468cd633430        jboss/wildfly       "/opt/jboss/wildfly/…"   43 seconds ago      Up 42 seconds       8080/tcp            myWebApplication

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