I have some problem about the storage. The folder /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/ is taking 50% of my storage.
In the folder /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt, I have many empty folders.
How can I properly clean docker devicemapper and remove all unused mapping ?
With recent versions of Docker you can see the space used with:
docker system df
and prune it with:
docker system prune
The above command combines the prune command that exists for volumes, containers, images and networks:
docker volume prune
docker container prune
docker image prune
docker network prune
Each command has a --help option documenting a -f (--force) option to avoid asking you questions. It must be used with care.
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On older versions of Docker I ran the script:
#!/bin/bash
# Remove dead containers (and their volumes)
docker ps -f status=dead --format '{{ .ID }}' | xargs -r docker rm -v
# Remove dangling volumes
docker volume ls -qf dangling=true | xargs -r docker volume rm
# Remove untagged ("<none>") images
docker images --digests --format '{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}@{{.Digest}}' | sed -rne 's/([^>]):<none>@/\1@/p' | xargs -r docker rmi
# Remove dangling images
docker images -qf dangling=true | xargs -r docker rmi
# Remove temporary files
rm -f /var/lib/docker/tmp/*