Difference between entrypoint and CMD in Dockerfile or Docker

Difference between entrypoint and CMD in Dockerfile or Docker.

CMD is nothing but argument to the EntryPoint by default docker uses “/bin/sh -c” as an entry point. So if we are defining only CMD in docker file it uses “/bin/sh -c” for example,

If dockerfile will having below format,

CMD [“bash”]

Default command which docker container will run, will be “/bin/sh -c bash”

If dockerfile will having below format,

CMD [“ping 8.8.8.8 -c 4”]

Default command which docker container will run, will be “/bin/sh -c ping 8.8.8.8 -c 4”

If dockerfile will having below format,

ENTRYPOINT [“/bin/ping”]
CMD [“ 8.8.8.8 -c4”]

Default command which docker container will run, will be “/bin/ping 8.8.8.8 -c 4”

If dockerfile will having below format,

ENTRYPOINT [“/bin/ping”,”-c”,”4”]
CMD [“8.8.8.8”]

Default command which docker container will run, will be “/bin/ping -c 4 8.8.8.8”