Accessing the Docker containers

This topic shows you how to access the container shell and run IBM Workload Automation commands.

To check the container status and run IBM Workload Automation commands, you need to access the containers as described below:
  1. Obtain the container ID by running the following command: docker ps
    An output similar to the following one is returned:
    CONTAINER ID        IMAGE        NAMES               ........         .......

b02459af2b9c        ......       wa-console          ........         .......
  2. Access the Docker container by running the following command: docker exec -it <container_id> /bin/bash

    Where

    container_id
    Is the ID of the container obtained with the command explained in the first step, for example b02459af2b9c.