Is it possible to start a shell session in a running container (without ssh)
EDIT: Now you can use docker exec -it "id of running container" bash
(doc)
Previously, the answer to this question was:
If you really must and you are in a debug environment, you can do this: sudo lxc-attach -n <ID>
Note that the id needs to be the full one (docker ps -notrunc
).
However, I strongly recommend against this.
notice: -notrunc
is deprecated, it will be replaced by --no-trunc
soon.
With docker 1.3, there is a new command docker exec
. This allows you to enter a running docker:
docker exec -it "id of running container" bash