launching a bash process. $ docker exec -it webserver bash root@a101d9d6fbf7:/usr/local/apache2# ps -ef UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 23:20 ? 00:00:00 httpd -DFOREGROUND daemon 8 1 0 23:20 ? 00:00:00 httpd -DFOREGROUND daemon 9 1 0 23:20 ? 00:00:00 httpd -DFOREGROUND daemon 10 1 0 23:20 ? 00:00:00 httpd -DFOREGROUND root 118 0 2 23:38 ? 00:00:00 bash root 124 118 0 23:38 ? 00:00:00 ps -ef root@a101d9d6fbf7:/usr/local/apache2# ip a ... 5: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1460 qdisc noqueue state UP group default link/ether 02:42:ac:12:00:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 172.18.0.2/16 scope global eth0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::42:acff:fe12:2/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever root@a101d9d6fbf7:/usr/local/apache2# df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on none 10188088 5695284 3952236 60% / tmpfs 304344 0 304344 0% /dev tmpfs 304344 0 304344 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda1 10188088 5695284 3952236 60% /etc/hosts shm 65536 0 65536 0% /dev/shm root@a101d9d6fbf7:/usr/local/apache2# exit