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@@ -47,7 +47,15 @@ This will create a new volume inside a container at `/webapp`.
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### Mount a Host Directory as a Data Volume
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### Mount a Host Directory as a Data Volume
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In addition to creating a volume using the `-v` flag you can also mount a
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In addition to creating a volume using the `-v` flag you can also mount a
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-directory from your own host into a container.
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+directory from your Docker daemon's host into a container.
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+> **Note:**
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+> If you are using Boot2Docker, your Docker daemon only has limited access to
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+> your OSX/Windows filesystem. Boot2Docker tries to auto-share your `/Users`
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+> (OSX) or `C:\Users` (Windows) directory - and so you can mount files or directories
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+> using `docker run -v /Users/<path>:/<container path> ...` (OSX) or
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+> `docker run -v /c/Users/<path>:/<container path ...` (Windows). All other paths
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+> come from the Boot2Docker virtual machine's filesystem.
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$ sudo docker run -d -P --name web -v /src/webapp:/opt/webapp training/webapp python app.py
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$ sudo docker run -d -P --name web -v /src/webapp:/opt/webapp training/webapp python app.py
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@@ -67,8 +75,8 @@ create it for you.
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> **Note:**
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> **Note:**
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> This is not available from a `Dockerfile` due to the portability
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> This is not available from a `Dockerfile` due to the portability
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-> and sharing purpose of it. As the host directory is, by its nature,
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-> host-dependent, a host directory specified in a `Dockerfile` probably
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+> and sharing purpose of built images. The host directory is, by its nature,
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+> host-dependent, so a host directory specified in a `Dockerfile` probably
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> wouldn't work on all hosts.
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> wouldn't work on all hosts.
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Docker defaults to a read-write volume but we can also mount a directory
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Docker defaults to a read-write volume but we can also mount a directory
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