Some useful docker orchestration commands

Listed below are the commands that are available in the 17.11 version of Docker CE. Listing them here together is good to compare and see when to use them - 

docker swarm (working with the cluster)

Commands:

  ca          Display and rotate the root CA

  init        Initialize a swarm

  join        Join a swarm as a node and/or manager

  join-token  Manage join tokens

  leave       Leave the swarm

  unlock      Unlock swarm

  unlock-key  Manage the unlock key

  update      Update the swarm

docker node (working with nodes - individual hosts that make us a swarm cluster)

Commands:

  demote      Demote one or more nodes from manager in the swarm

  inspect     Display detailed information on one or more nodes

  ls          List nodes in the swarm

  promote     Promote one or more nodes to manager in the swarm

  ps          List tasks running on one or more nodes, defaults to current node

  rm          Remove one or more nodes from the swarm

  update      Update a node

docker service (the service that runs instances aka containers aka tasks on nodes)

Commands:

  create      Create a new service

  inspect     Display detailed information on one or more services

  logs        Fetch the logs of a service or task

  ls          List services

  ps          List the tasks of one or more services

  rm          Remove one or more services

  rollback    Revert changes to a service's configuration

  scale       Scale one or multiple replicated services

  update      Update a service