| :title: Link Command |
| :description: Add a link or rename the link for a container |
| :keywords: link, docker, container, documentation, link, links |
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| ``link`` -- Add a link or rename the link for a container |
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| Usage: docker link CURRENT_NAME NEW_NAME |
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| Link a container to a new name. |
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| Examples: |
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| .. code-block:: bash |
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| $ docker link /59669e088202c2ebe150b4346cb3301562d073b51261176a354a74e8f618bfbc /redis |
| $ docker ls |
| NAME ID IMAGE |
| /redis 59669e088202c2ebe150b4346cb3301562d073b51261176a354a74e8f618bfbc crosbymichael/redis:latest |
| /59669e088202c2ebe150b4346cb3301562d073b51261176a354a74e8f618bfbc 59669e088202c2ebe150b4346cb3301562d073b51261176a354a74e8f618bfbc crosbymichael/redis:latest |
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| This will create a new link for the existing name ``/59669e088202c2ebe150b4346cb3301562d073b51261176a354a74e8f618bfbc`` |
| with the new name ``/redis`` so that we can new reference the same container under the new name ``/redis``. |
