Docker - Container is not running

Container 79b3fa70b51d seems to only do an echo.

That means it starts, echo and then exits immediately.

The next docker exec command wouldn't find it running in order to attach itself to that container and execute any command: it is too late. The container has already exited.

The docker exec command runs a new command in a running container.

The command started using docker exec will only run while the container's primary process (PID 1) is running

By default, docker container will exit immediately if you do not have any task running on the container.

To keep the container running in the background, try to run it with --detach (or -d) argument.

For examples:

docker pull debian

docker run -t -d --name my_debian debian
e7672d54b0c2

docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
e7672d54b0c2        debian              "bash"              3 minutes ago       Up 3 minutes                            my_debian

#now you can execute command on the container
docker exec -it my_debian bash
root@e7672d54b0c2:/#