Andrew Fletcher published: 10 August 2023 1 minute read
Working in an AWS ec2 environment, my goal is to access the server via terminal.
I initially work to get the instance ID. With this ID, I'm able to connect to the server. When first accessing the environment on the server the steps I take are:
sudo docker psps - refers to the 'process status'
Response
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
6a6402c2c0c8 a0094945b64e "docker-php-entrypoi…" 49 minutes ago Up 49 minutes 80/tcp eloquent_swirles
To access the Docker container Id noted above 6a6402c2c0c8, use the following
sudo docker exec -it 6a6402c2c0c8 bash
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