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Useful Docker Terms and Commands

The following are descriptions of some Docker terms and commands that are useful for interacting with HCL Portal 9.5 containers.


HCL Portal 9.5 Container Deployments on Docker and supported Kubernetes platforms

HCL Portal introduced full support for containerization in Digital Experience (DX) 9.5 HCL Portal users can deploy HCL Portal images in Docker, Red Hat OpenShift 4.1 and higher, and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) for test, development, staging, and production environments. See the HCL Portal 9.5 Roadmap: Container deployment topic for the latest information on supported platforms and container packages available in your Digital Experience 9.5 entitlements available at the HCL Software License Portal. To get started, here are some Docker terms that are useful to know:

Use the docker run command to create a container that runs HCL Digital Experience 9.5.

For example:

-p <HostPort:ContainerPort> Specifies which ports from the Digital Experience 9.5 container to publish to the host system. For proper DX 9.5 server function, the appropriate port for each desired DX 9.5 service must be listed. External hosts cannot reach services without published ports.
-v <docker volume name > Specifies the Docker volume to persistently store the DX profile
<image> The name of the Docker image previously loaded to Docker from the tar archive file that is provided with the HCL DX 9.5 container image download from the HCL License Portal Server.

  • Tip : Use docker image ls to see a list of available Docker images on the system.

docker image ls List the docker images on the system.
docker load --input Loads a docker image.  
docker ps Shows the health status of a container.
docker rm Removes a container.
docker run Creates and starts a container.
docker start Starts a stopped container.
docker stop Stops a running container.
docker volume create Creates a volume to be used by a container.

For a complete list of commands, see Use the Docker command line in the Docker documentation. We can also see the descriptions of each command by typing docker and pressing ENTER from the system command prompt.

See the HCL Portal 9.5 container Deployment topic section for additional details.

Parent topic: Deployment