How to run Plain Ubuntu/Alpine Docker

Can get it to download an image but then it just quits.
How do I get it to serve / have a console I can fiddle with & learn.

Thanks

Do you want an ephemeral container (i.e. one that only exists while you are in it) or a long lived one that you can come back to? For something ephemeral you should be able to do something like

docker run --rm --it <other options> ubuntu:latest bash

which i believe should start and drop you into the container, you can leave the container shell and exec back into it later but when you stop the container, or if you exit the initial shell it will be remoevd.

For something longer lived you should do something like

docker run -d <various options> -l net.unraid.docker.webui="bash" ubuntu:latest sleep infinity

it should start a container which you can exec into or use the webui to open a console into.

Note this is just of the top of my head, I havent had a chance to try these out yet.

Thanks the 2nd one.

Want to run an hourly python script in a self contained manor with some form of logging / uptime kuma.

Think I am staring to get there.

Should probably just build an image with everything in to deploy.

Edited September 25, 2025Sep 25 by dopeytree