If you are working with Docker, you will definitely encounter the concept of checkpoints. Checkpoints actually provide us with the ability to save the current state of a container and use it later. This capability is useful for when we want to revert to a previous state or temporarily stop the containers and then return to their previous state.
Now imagine you have multiple checkpoints for a container, and for various reasons, you want to remove one of them. Docker offers this possibility through the command docker checkpoint rm. By using this command, you can easily remove extra checkpoints or those that are no longer needed.
To use this command, you first need to know the name or identifier of the checkpoint you wish to remove. Additionally, be aware that you cannot remove a checkpoint that has been newly created recently; you must first remove it quickly. Therefore, it is necessary to take a little time and ensure that you want to delete the additional checkpoints.
In this article, we want to review the steps to remove checkpoints in a step-by-step manner and provide a practical example. So stay with us to dive deeper into this concept.
Command docker checkpoint rm
docker checkpoint rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER CHECKPOINT
Command Explanation
Here we will examine the details of the command:
Main Command:
docker checkpoint rm This command is used to remove a specific checkpoint.
[OPTIONS]:
OPTIONS You can add options for the command, such as
--help to get more information.CONTAINER:
CONTAINER The name or identifier of the container associated with the checkpoint.
CHECKPOINT:
CHECKPOINT The name of the checkpoint you want to remove.