Exec Create

POST /containers/(id)/exec

Sets up an exec instance in a running container id

Example request:

POST /containers/e90e34656806/exec HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json

  {
   "AttachStdin": false,
   "AttachStdout": true,
   "AttachStderr": true,
   "DetachKeys": "ctrl-p,ctrl-q",
   "Tty": false,
   "Cmd": [
                 "date"
         ]
  }

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 201 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
     "Id": "c22d5d52534b2d9fa8a1d07bb06c1cce595b5b083f31f1213d2de129a7e0dc27",
     "Warnings":[]
}

Json Parameters:

• AttachStdin - Boolean value, attaches to stdin of the exec command.

• AttachStdout - Boolean value, attaches to stdout of the exec command.

• AttachStderr - Boolean value, attaches to stderr of the exec command.

• DetachKeys – Override the key sequence for detaching a container.

• Tty - Boolean value to allocate a pseudo-TTY.

• Cmd - Command to run specified as a string or an array of strings.

Status Codes:

• 201 – no error

• 404 – no such container

• 409 - container is paused

• 500 - server error