sudo docker ps and exec -it

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 ps

ps - 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