executable file not found in $PATH Dockerfile - bash

I am building a Dockerfile for an application. I want to execute a bash script with parameters when the container starts to run, so I have made it an entry point. However, Docker cannot find the directory in which my script is located. Thi script is located in the Intellij Idea project folder and the path practically looks like this: /home/user/Documents/folder1/folder2/folder3/Projectname/runapp.sh
I have tried to mount this directory as volume, but while running built image an error occurred:
docker: Error response from daemon: OCI runtime create failed: container_linux.go:348: starting container process caused "exec: \"runapp.sh\": executable file not found in $PATH": unknown.
What may be the reason of such behavior? How else can I reach this bash script from Dockerfile?
Here is how the Dockerfile looks like:
FROM java:8
ENV SCALA_VERSION 2.11.8
ENV SBT_VERSION 1.1.1
ENV SPARK_VERSION 2.2.0
ENV SPARK_DIST spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop2.6
ENV SPARK_ARCH $SPARK_DIST.tgz
ENV NEO4J_CONFIG default
ENV BENCHMARK_NAME default
WORKDIR /opt
# Install Scala
RUN \
cd /root && \
curl -o scala-$SCALA_VERSION.tgz http://downloads.typesafe.com/scala/$SCALA_VERSION/scala-$SCALA_VERSION.tgz && \
tar -xf scala-$SCALA_VERSION.tgz && \
rm scala-$SCALA_VERSION.tgz && \
echo >> /root/.bashrc && \
echo 'export PATH=~/scala-$SCALA_VERSION/bin:$PATH' >> /root/.bashrc
# Install SBT
RUN \
curl -L -o sbt-$SBT_VERSION.deb https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian/sbt-$SBT_VERSION.deb && \
dpkg -i sbt-$SBT_VERSION.deb && \
rm sbt-$SBT_VERSION.deb
# Install Spark
RUN \
cd /opt && \
curl -o $SPARK_ARCH http://d3kbcqa49mib13.cloudfront.net/$SPARK_ARCH && \
tar xvfz $SPARK_ARCH && \
rm $SPARK_ARCH && \
echo 'export PATH=$SPARK_DIST/bin:$PATH' >> /root/.bashrc
EXPOSE 9851 9852 4040 7474 7687 7473
VOLUME /home/user/Documents/folder1/folder2/folder3/Projectname /workdir1
WORKDIR /workdir1
ENTRYPOINT ["runapp.sh"]
CMD ["$NEO4J_CONFIG", "$BENCHMARK_NAME"]

You misunderstood volumes in Docker I think. (see What is the purpose of VOLUME in Dockerfile)
I'm citing #VonC answer:
A volume is a persistent data stored in /var/lib/docker/volumes/...
You can either declare it in a Dockerfile, which means each time a container is stated from the image, the volume is created (empty), even if you don't have any -v option.
You can declare it on runtime docker run -v [host-dir:]container-dir.
combining the two (VOLUME + docker run -v) means that you can mount the content of a host folder into your volume persisted by the container in /var/lib/docker/volumes/....
docker volume create creates a volume without having to define a Dockerfile and build an image and run a container. It is used to quickly allow other containers to mount said volume.
So you should use docker run -v /home/user/Documents/folder1/folder2/folder3/Projectname:/workdir1 when starting the container
And your Dockerfile volume declaration should be:
VOLUME /workdir1
That being said, you define both Entrypoint and CMD. What is the CMD being for ? You will never use your image without using runapp.sh ? I prefer using only CMD for development since you can still do docker run -it my_container bash for debugging purpose with this syntax.
This time I'm using #Daishi answer from What is the difference between CMD and ENTRYPOINT in a Dockerfile?
The ENTRYPOINT specifies a command that will always be executed when the container starts.
The CMD specifies arguments that will be fed to the ENTRYPOINT.
If you want to make an image dedicated to a specific command you will use ENTRYPOINT ["/path/dedicated_command"]
Otherwise, if you want to make an image for general purpose, you can leave ENTRYPOINT unspecified and use CMD ["/path/dedicated_command"] as you will be able to override the setting by supplying arguments to docker run
Moreover, runapp.sh isn't in your $PATH and you call it without absolute path, so it will not find the file even if the volume is mounted correctly.
You could just use:
CMD /workdir1/runapp.sh "$NEO4J_CONFIG" "$BENCHMARK_NAME"
Now be careful, on your host you mention that the shell script is named script.sh and you call runapp.sh in your Dockerfile, I hope it's a typo. By the way your script needs to be executable.

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Not able to pass the command line arguments using docker run to a Shell Script file

Command Used:
sudo docker run -it -p 80:9000 c822030cc576 sh /app/test/play/docker-entrypoint.sh /app/test/play/servers/server01/play/conf/override.conf /app/log/nflott/play true dev
My Parameters:
$2:/app/test/play/servers/server01/play/conf/override.conf
$3:/app/log/nflott/play
$4:true
$5:dev Which needs to be passed to the docker-entrypoint.sh Script
My entrypoint.sh Script Code:
echo "CONFIG:$2
echo "LOG_HOME:$3"
echo "SKIP_LOGFILE:$4"
echo "LOG_ENV:$5
/app/test/play/servers/server01/play/bin/apiserver \
-Dconfig.file=/app/test/play/servers/server01/play/conf/override.conf \
-Dpidfile.path=/app/test/play/servers/server01/RUNNING_PID \
-DLOG_HOME=$3 \
-DSKIP_LOGFILE=$4 \
-DLOG_ENV=$5 \
Error:
CONFIG:/app/test/play/servers/server01/play/conf/override.conf
LOG_HOME:/app/log/nflott/play
SKIP_LOGFILE:true
LOG_ENV:dev
Bad root server path: /app/nflott/play/docker-entrypoint.sh
Seems after the echo statement my parameters are not getting passed to the logic block and its failing with Bad Root server Path issue. How to resolve the Bad root serer path error and run my script?
IMHO they might be getting passed as args of the docker command. You can instead try -e docker option to pass them as some named env variables to the docker container and then access inside your script.
You may use special --entrypoint flag and pass params in cmd:
sudo docker run -it -p 80:9000 --entrypoint /app/test/play/docker-entrypoint.sh c822030cc576 /app/test/play/servers/server01/play/conf/override.conf /app/log/nflott/play true dev

Set ENV variable in container is not working, is every under "/usr/local/bin" executed on container run?

I have the following piece of definition in a Dockerfile:
# This aims to be the default value if -e is not present on the run command
ENV HOST_IP=127.0.0.1
...
COPY /container-files/etc/php.d/zz-php.ini /etc/php5/mods-available/zz-php.ini
RUN ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/zz-php.ini /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/zz-php.ini
COPY /container-files/init-scripts/setup_xdebug_ip.sh /usr/local/bin/setup_xdebug_ip.sh
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/setup_xdebug_ip.sh
CMD ["/usr/local/bin/setup_xdebug_ip.sh", "/usr/local/bin/setup_php_settings.sh"]
This is the relevant piece of definition at zz-php.ini:
; Xdebug
[Xdebug]
xdebug.remote_enable=true
xdebug.remote_host="192.168.3.1" => this should be overwrited by HOST_IP
xdebug.remote_port="9001"
xdebug.idekey="XDEBUG_PHPSTORM"
This is the content of the script setup_xdebug_ip.sh:
#!/usr/bin/bash
sed -i -E "s/xdebug.remote_host.*/xdebug.remote_host=$HOST_IP/" /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/zz-php.ini
Updated the script
I have updated the script to see it that's the reason why the value isn't changed and still not working. See the code below:
#!/usr/bin/bash
sed -ri "s/^xdebug.remote_host\s*=.*$//g" /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/zz-php.ini
echo "xdebug.remote_host = $HOST_IP" >> /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/zz-php.ini
In order to build the image and run the container I follow this steps:
Build the image:
docker build -t reynierpm/dev-php55 .
Run the container:
docker run -e HOST_IP=$(hostname -I | cut -d' ' -f1)
--name dev-php5
-it /bin/bash reynierpm/dev-php55
After the image gets built and the container is running I open a browser and point to: http://container_address/index.php (which contains phpinfo()) and I can see the value of xdebug.remote_host as 192.168.3.1 ...
why? What is not running when the container start? Why the value doesn't get overwritten using the provided value by -e on the run command?
UPDATE:
I've notice that I am only copying the file and setting up the permissions but I am not running it at all:
# Copy the script for change the xdebug.remote_host value based on HOST_IP
COPY /container-files/init-scripts/setup_xdebug_ip.sh /usr/local/bin/setup_xdebug_ip.sh
# Execute the script
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/setup_xdebug_ip.sh
Could this be the issue? Everything that I put under /usr/local/bin is executed at container start? If not that's definitively the issue or at least I think.
UPDATE #2:
After the suggestions from #charles-dufly I've fixed a few things but still not working.
Now the Dockerfile looks like:
# This aims to be the default value if -e is not present on the run command
ENV HOST_IP=127.0.0.1
...
ADD container-files /
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/setup_xdebug_ip && \
/usr/local/bin/setup_xdebug_ip && \
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/setup_php_settings && \
ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/zz-php.ini /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/zz-php.ini && \
ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/zz-php-directories.ini /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/zz-php-directories.ini && \
a2enmod rewrite
EXPOSE 80 9001
CMD ["/usr/local/bin/setup_php_settings"]
After build the image I am running the following command:
$ docker run -e HOST_IP=192.168.3.120 -p 80:80 --name php55-img-6 -it reynierpm/php5-dev-4 /bin/bash
I can see the value of xdebug.remote_host being set as 127.0.0.1 but is not taking the value passed as -e on the run command, why?
You're correct in that items under /usr/local/bin are not automatically executed.
The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard specifies /usr/local as a "tertiary hierarchy" with its own bin, lib, &c. subdirectories, equivalent in their intent and use to the like-named directories under / or /usr but for content installed local to the machine (in practice, this means software installed without the benefit of the local distro's packaging system).
If you want a command to be executed, you need a RUN that directly or indirectly invokes it.
As for the other matters discussed as this question has morphed, consider the following:
FROM alpine
ENV foo=bar
RUN echo $foo >/tmp/foo-value
CMD cat /tmp/foo-value; echo $foo
When invoked with:
docker run -e foo=qux
...this emits as output:
bar
qux
...because bar is the environment variable laid down by the RUN command, whereas qux is the environment variable as it exists at the CMD command's execution.
Thus, to ensure that an environment variable is honored in configuration, it must be read and applied during the CMD's execution, not during a prior RUN stage.
Multiple problems with your repo:
First of all when using CMD in docker file, the command added after the image name in the docker run : /bin/bash will override the CMD ["/usr/local/bin/setup_php_settings"] from your Dockerfile.
Thus your setup_php_settings is never executed!
You should use ENTRYPOINT i.s.o. CMD in your Dockerfile. I found good explanation here and here.
In conclusion for the Dockerfile change the CMD [...] line in:
ENTRYPOINT bash -C '/usr/local/bin/setup_php_settings';'bash'
then you can run your container with:
docker run -it -e HOST_IP=<your_ip_address> -e PHP_ERROR_REPORTING='E_ALL & ~E_STRICT' -p 80:80 --name dev-php5 mmi/dev-php55
No need to add /bin/bash at the end. Check-out test-repo for test-setup.
Secondly, in your /usr/local/bin/setup_php_settings, you should add
a2enmod rewrite
service apache2 restart
at the end, just before
source /etc/apache2/envvars && exec /usr/sbin/apache2 -DFOREGROUND`
this in order for your new settings to be applied in your web app.

How can I set the current working directory for docker exec with an internal bash shell?

I have a developer docker image based on ubuntu:14.04 that I use to develop apps for Ubuntu 14.04. I start this image when the machine boots with docker start image-name
My home directory was bind mounted with --volumes when initially created.
To enter the image I have an alias defined in .bash_aliases
alias d_enter="docker exec -ti ub1404-dev /bin/bash"
So to enter the image I just type d_enter
But I often forget to run d_enter after entering a long path and would like d_enter to switch to that internal directory automatically.
The following doesn't work.
docker exec -ti ub1404-dev /bin/bash <(echo ". ~/.bashrc && cd $(pwd)")
Is there another way I could achieve the desired result?
For example, if my current working directory is: /home/matt/dev/somepath/blabla
And I type d_enter, my current working directory currently becomes: /home/matt what I want to do for current directory after exec is be /home/matt/dev/somepath/blabla
From API 1.35+ you can use the -w (--workdir) option:
docker exec -w /my/dir container_name command
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/exec/
You can achieve it with:
docker exec -it containerName sh -c "cd /var/www && /bin/bash"
When building an image, one can specify the WORKDIR variable in Dockerfile:
WORKDIR /var/www/html
Definitely a hack but you could do something like making d_enter a shell function (could stay an alias but this is easier to maintain):
d_enter() {
pwd > ~/.docker_initial_pwd
docker exec -ti ub1404-dev /bin/bash
}
And then in the container in your user account's .bashrc, add something like:
if [[ -f "${HOME}/.docker_initial_pwd ]]; then
cd $(cat "${HOME}/.docker_initial_pwd")
fi

Docker RUN statement (modifying a file) not executed

I am experiencing strange behavior when executing a Dockerfile (in https://github.com/Krijger/es-nagios-docker). Basically, I add a file to append its contents to a file in the image
ADD es-command /tmp/
RUN cat tmp/es-command >> /opt/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg
The problem is that, while /tmp/es-command is present in the resulting image, the commands.cfg file was not changed.
As a prelude to the accepted answer: my Dockerfile extends cpuguy83/nagios, which defines /opt/nagios/etc as a volume.
Good to the see sample code, which find the route cause.
Your docker image comes from cpuguy83/nagios, from this image https://github.com/cpuguy83/docker-nagios/blob/master/Dockerfile
You can see /opt/nagios/etc directory is set as VOLUME
VOLUME ["/opt/nagios/var", "/opt/nagios/etc", "/opt/nagios/libexec", "/var/log/apache2", "/usr/share/snmp/mibs"]
Then you can notice that docker volume can't be changed at the next commit by your new build.
And this is the reason you can see your changes when you enter into the container and lost it when exits.
Here is how I use it:
ls ./
configure.sh
commands.cfg
cat configure.sh
#!/bin/bash
script_path=$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )
cp ${script_path}/commands.cfg /opt/nagios/etc/objects/
docker run -d --name nagios cpuguy83/nagios
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/tmp --volumes-from nagios --entrypoint /tmp/configure.sh cpuguy83/nagios

How to mount a host directory in a Docker container

I am trying to mount a host directory into a Docker container so that any updates done on the host is reflected into the Docker containers.
Where am I doing something wrong. Here is what I did:
kishore$ cat Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:trusty
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get -y install git curl vim
CMD ["/bin/bash"]
WORKDIR /test_container
VOLUME ["/test_container"]
kishore$ tree
.
├── Dockerfile
└── main_folder
├── tfile1.txt
├── tfile2.txt
├── tfile3.txt
└── tfile4.txt
1 directory, 5 files
kishore$ pwd
/Users/kishore/tdock
kishore$ docker build --tag=k3_s3:latest .
Uploading context 7.168 kB
Uploading context
Step 0 : FROM ubuntu:trusty
---> 99ec81b80c55
Step 1 : RUN apt-get update
---> Using cache
---> 1c7282005040
Step 2 : RUN apt-get -y install git curl vim
---> Using cache
---> aed48634e300
Step 3 : CMD ["/bin/bash"]
---> Running in d081b576878d
---> 65db8df48595
Step 4 : WORKDIR /test_container
---> Running in 5b8d2ccd719d
---> 250369b30e1f
Step 5 : VOLUME ["/test_container"]
---> Running in 72ca332d9809
---> 163deb2b1bc5
Successfully built 163deb2b1bc5
Removing intermediate container b8bfcb071441
Removing intermediate container d081b576878d
Removing intermediate container 5b8d2ccd719d
Removing intermediate container 72ca332d9809
kishore$ docker run -d -v /Users/kishore/main_folder:/test_container k3_s3:latest
c9f9a7e09c54ee1c2cc966f15c963b4af320b5203b8c46689033c1ab8872a0eakishore$ docker run -i -t k3_s3:latest /bin/bash
root#0f17e2313a46:/test_container# ls -al
total 8
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Apr 29 05:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 66 root root 4096 Apr 29 05:15 ..
root#0f17e2313a46:/test_container# exit
exitkishore$ docker -v
Docker version 0.9.1, build 867b2a9
I don't know how to check boot2docker version
Questions, issues facing:
How do I need to link the main_folder to the test_container folder present inside the docker container?
I need to make this automatically. How do I to do that without really using the run -d -v command?
What happens if the boot2docker crashes? Where are the Docker files stored (apart from Dockerfile)?
There are a couple ways you can do this. The simplest way to do so is to use the dockerfile ADD command like so:
ADD . /path/inside/docker/container
However, any changes made to this directory on the host after building the dockerfile will not show up in the container. This is because when building a container, docker compresses the directory into a .tar and uploads that context into the container permanently.
The second way to do this is the way you attempted, which is to mount a volume. Due to trying to be as portable as possible you cannot map a host directory to a docker container directory within a dockerfile, because the host directory can change depending on which machine you are running on. To map a host directory to a docker container directory you need to use the -v flag when using docker run, e.g.,:
# Run a container using the `alpine` image, mount the `/tmp`
# directory from your host into the `/container/directory`
# directory in your container, and run the `ls` command to
# show the contents of that directory.
docker run \
-v /tmp:/container/directory \
alpine \
ls /container/directory
The user of this question was using Docker version 0.9.1, build 867b2a9, I will give you an answer for docker version >= 17.06.
What you want, keep local directory synchronized within container directory, is accomplished by mounting the volume with type bind. This will bind the source (your system) and the target (at the docker container) directories. It's almost the same as mounting a directory on linux.
According to Docker documentation, the appropriate command to mount is now mount instead of -v. Here's its documentation:
--mount: Consists of multiple key-value pairs, separated by commas. Each key/value pair takes the form of a <key>=<value> tuple. The --mount syntax is more verbose than -v or --volume, but the order of the keys is not significant, and the value of the flag is easier to understand.
The type of the mount, which can be bind, volume, or tmpfs. (We are going to use bind)
The source of the mount. For bind mounts, this is the path to the file or directory on the Docker daemon host. May be specified as source or src.
The destination takes as its value the path where the file or directory will be mounted in the container. May be specified as destination, dst, or target.
So, to mount the the current directory (source) with /test_container (target) we are going to use:
docker run -it --mount src="$(pwd)",target=/test_container,type=bind k3_s3
If these mount parameters have spaces you must put quotes around them. When I know they don't, I would use `pwd` instead:
docker run -it --mount src=`pwd`,target=/test_container,type=bind k3_s3
You will also have to deal with file permission, see this article.
you can use -v option from cli, this facility is not available via Dockerfile
docker run -t -i -v <host_dir>:<container_dir> ubuntu /bin/bash
where host_dir is the directory from host which you want to mount.
you don't need to worry about directory of container if it doesn't exist docker will create it.
If you do any changes in host_dir from host machine (under root privilege) it will be visible to container and vice versa.
2 successive mounts:
I guess many posts here might be using two boot2docker, the reason you don't see anything is that you are mounting a directory from boot2docker, not from your host.
You basically need 2 successive mounts:
the first one to mount a directory from your host to your system
the second to mount the new directory from boot2docker to your container like this:
1) Mount local system on boot2docker
sudo mount -t vboxsf hostfolder /boot2dockerfolder
2) Mount boot2docker file on linux container
docker run -v /boot2dockerfolder:/root/containerfolder -i -t imagename
Then when you ls inside the containerfolder you will see the content of your hostfolder.
Is it possible that you use docker on OS X via boot2docker or something similar.
I've made the same experience - the command is correct but nothing (sensible) is mounted in the container, anyway.
As it turns out - it's already explained in the docker documentation. When you type docker run -v /var/logs/on/host:/var/logs/in/container ... then /var/logs/on/host is actually mapped from the boot2docker VM-image, not your Mac.
You'll have to pipe the shared folder through your VM to your actual host (the Mac in my case).
For those who wants to mount a folder in current directory:
docker run -d --name some-container -v ${PWD}/folder:/var/folder ubuntu
I'm just experimenting with getting my SailsJS app running inside a Docker container to keep my physical machine clean.
I'm using the following command to mount my SailsJS/NodeJS application under /app:
cd my_source_code_folder
docker run -it -p 1337:1337 -v $(pwd):/app my_docker/image_with_nodejs_etc
[UPDATE] As of ~June 2017, Docker for Mac takes care of all the annoying parts of this where you have to mess with VirtualBox. It lets you map basically everything on your local host using the /private prefix. More info here. [/UPDATE]
All the current answers talk about Boot2docker. Since that's now deprecated in favor of docker-machine, this works for docker-machine:
First, ssh into the docker-machine vm and create the folder we'll be mapping to:
docker-machine ssh $MACHINE_NAME "sudo mkdir -p \"$VOL_DIR\""
Now share the folder to VirtualBox:
WORKDIR=$(basename "$VOL_DIR")
vboxmanage sharedfolder add "$MACHINE_NAME" --name "$WORKDIR" --hostpath "$VOL_DIR" --transient
Finally, ssh into the docker-machine again and mount the folder we just shared:
docker-machine ssh $MACHINE_NAME "sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=\"$U\",gid=\"$G\" \"$WORKDIR\" \"$VOL_DIR\""
Note: for UID and GID you can basically use whatever integers as long as they're not already taken.
This is tested as of docker-machine 0.4.1 and docker 1.8.3 on OS X El Capitan.
Using command-line :
docker run -it --name <WHATEVER> -p <LOCAL_PORT>:<CONTAINER_PORT> -v <LOCAL_PATH>:<CONTAINER_PATH> -d <IMAGE>:<TAG>
Using docker-compose.yaml :
version: '2'
services:
cms:
image: <IMAGE>:<TAG>
ports:
- <LOCAL_PORT>:<CONTAINER_PORT>
volumes:
- <LOCAL_PATH>:<CONTAINER_PATH>
Assume :
IMAGE: k3_s3
TAG: latest
LOCAL_PORT: 8080
CONTAINER_PORT: 8080
LOCAL_PATH: /volume-to-mount
CONTAINER_PATH: /mnt
Examples :
First create /volume-to-mount. (Skip if exist)
$ mkdir -p /volume-to-mount
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml up -d
version: '2'
services:
cms:
image: ghost-cms:latest
ports:
- 8080:8080
volumes:
- /volume-to-mount:/mnt
Verify your container :
docker exec -it CONTAINER_ID ls -la /mnt
docker run -v /host/directory:/container/directory -t IMAGE-NAME /bin/bash
docker run -v /root/shareData:/home/shareData -t kylemanna/openvpn /bin/bash
In my system I've corrected the answer from nhjk, it works flawless when you add the -t flag.
On Mac OS, to mount a folder /Users/<name>/projects/ on your mac at the root of your container:
docker run -it -v /Users/<name>/projects/:/projects <container_name> bash
ls /projects
If the host is windows 10 then instead of forward slash, use backward slash -
docker run -it -p 12001:80 -v c:\Users\C\Desktop\dockerStorage:/root/sketches
Make sure the host drive is shared (C in this case). In my case I got a prompt asking for share permission after running the command above.
For Windows 10 users, it is important to have the mount point inside the C:/Users/ directory. I tried for hours to get this to work. This post helped but it was not obvious at first as the solution for Windows 10 is a comment to an accepted answer. This is how I did it:
docker run -it -p 12001:80 -v //c/Users/C/Desktop/dockerStorage:/root/sketches \
<your-image-here> /bin/bash
Then to test it, you can do echo TEST > hostTest.txt inside your image. You should be able to see this new file in the local host folder at C:/Users/C/Desktop/dockerStorage/.
As of Docker 18-CE, you can use docker run -v /src/path:/container/path to do 2-way binding of a host folder.
There is a major catch here though if you're working with Windows 10/WSL and have Docker-CE for Windows as your host and then docker-ce client tools in WSL. WSL knows about the entire / filesystem while your Windows host only knows about your drives. Inside WSL, you can use /mnt/c/projectpath, but if you try to docker run -v ${PWD}:/projectpath, you will find in the host that /projectpath/ is empty because on the host /mnt means nothing.
If you work from /c/projectpath though and THEN do docker run -v ${PWD}:/projectpath and you WILL find that in the container, /projectpath will reflect /c/projectpath in realtime. There are no errors or any other ways to detect this issue other than seeing empty mounts inside your guest.
You must also be sure to "share the drive" in the Docker for Windows settings.
Jul 2015 update - boot2docker now supports direct mounting. You can use -v /var/logs/on/host:/var/logs/in/container directly from your Mac prompt, without double mounting
I've been having the same issue.
My command line looked like this:
docker run --rm -i --name $NAME -v `pwd`:/sources:z $NAME
The problem was with 'pwd'. So I changed that to $(pwd):
docker run --rm -i --name $NAME -v $(pwd):/sources:z $NAME
How do I link the main_folder to the test_container folder present inside the docker container?
Your command below is correct, unless your on a mac using boot2docker(depending on future updates) in which case you may find the folder empty. See mattes answer for a tutorial on correcting this.
docker run -d -v /Users/kishore/main_folder:/test_container k3_s3:latest
I need to make this run automatically, how to do that without really
using the run -d -v command.
You can't really get away from using these commands, they are intrinsic to the way docker works. You would be best off putting them into a shell script to save you writing them out repeatedly.
What happens if boot2docker crashes? Where are the docker files stored?
If you manage to use the -v arg and reference your host machine then the files will be safe on your host.
If you've used 'docker build -t myimage .' with a Dockerfile then your files will be baked into the image.
Your docker images, i believe, are stored in the boot2docker-vm. I found this out when my images disappeared when i delete the vm from VirtualBox. (Note, i don't know how Virtualbox works, so the images might be still hidden somewhere else, just not visible to docker).
Had the same problem. Found this in the docker documentation:
Note: The host directory is, by its nature, host-dependent. For this reason, you can’t mount a host directory from Dockerfile, the VOLUME instruction does not support passing a host-dir, because built images should be portable. A host directory wouldn’t be available on all potential hosts.
So, mounting a read/write host directory is only possible with the -v parameter in the docker run command, as the other answers point out correctly.
I found that any directory laying under system directive like /var, /usr, /etc could not be mount under the container.
The directive should be at user's space -v switch instructs docker daemon to mount local directory to the container, for example:
docker run -t -d -v /{local}/{path}:/{container}/{path} --name {container_name} {imagename}
Here's an example with a Windows path:
docker run -P -it --name organizr --mount src="/c/Users/MyUserName/AppData/Roaming/DockerConfigs/Organizr",dst=/config,type=bind organizrtools/organizr-v2:latest
As a side note, during all of this hair pulling, having to wrestle with figuring out, and retyping paths over and over and over again, I decided to whip up a small AutoHotkey script to convert a Windows path to a "Docker Windows" formatted path. This way all I have to do is copy any Windows path that I want to use as a mount point to the clipboard, press the "Apps Key" on the keyboard, and it'll format it into a path format that Docker appreciates.
For example:
Copy this to your clipboard:
C:\Users\My PC\AppData\Roaming\DockerConfigs\Organizr
press the Apps Key while the cursor is where you want it on the command-line, and it'll paste this there:
"/c/Users/My PC/AppData/Roaming/DockerConfigs/Organizr"
Saves a lot to time for me. Here it is for anyone else who may find it useful.
; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; Docker Utility: Convert a Windows Formatted Path to a Docker Formatter Path
; Useful for (example) when mounting Windows volumes via the command-line.
;
; By: J. Scott Elblein
; Version: 1.0
; Date: 2/5/2019
;
; Usage: Cut or Copy the Windows formatted path to the clipboard, press the AppsKey on your keyboard
; (usually right next to the Windows Key), it'll format it into a 'docker path' and enter it
; into the active window. Easy example usage would be to copy your intended volume path via
; Explorer, place the cursor after the "-v" in your Docker command, press the Apps Key and
; then it'll place the formatted path onto the line for you.
;
; TODO:: I may or may not add anything to this depending on needs. Some ideas are:
;
; - Add a tray menu with the ability to do some things, like just replace the unformatted path
; on the clipboard with the formatted one rather than enter it automatically.
; - Add 'smarter' handling so the it first confirms that the clipboard text is even a path in
; the first place. (would need to be able to handle Win + Mac + Linux)
; - Add command-line handling so the script doesn't need to always be in the tray, you could
; just pass the Windows path to the script, have it format it, then paste and close.
; Also, could have it just check for a path on the clipboard upon script startup, if found
; do it's job, then exit the script.
; - Add an 'all-in-one' action, to copy the selected Windows path, and then output the result.
; - Whatever else comes to mind.
;
; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#NoEnv
SendMode Input
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%
AppsKey::
; Create a new var, store the current clipboard contents (should be a Windows path)
NewStr := Clipboard
; Rip out the first 2 chars (should be a drive letter and colon) & convert the letter to lowercase
; NOTE: I could probably replace the following 3 lines with a regexreplace, but atm I'm lazy and in a rush.
tmpVar := SubStr(NewStr, 1, 2)
StringLower, tmpVar, tmpVar
; Replace the uppercase drive letter and colon with the lowercase drive letter and colon
NewStr := StrReplace(NewStr, SubStr(NewStr, 1, 2), tmpVar)
; Replace backslashes with forward slashes
NewStr := StrReplace(NewStr, "\", "/")
; Replace all colons with nothing
NewStr := StrReplace(NewStr, ":", "")
; Remove the last char if it's a trailing forward slash
NewStr := RegExReplace(NewStr, "/$")
; Append a leading forward slash if not already there
if RegExMatch(NewStr, "^/") == 0
NewStr := "/" . NewStr
; If there are any spaces in the path ... wrap in double quotes
if RegExMatch(NewStr, " ") > 0
NewStr := """" . NewStr . """"
; Send the result to the active window
SendInput % NewStr
To get this working in Windows 10 I had to open the Docker Settings window from the system tray and go to the Shared Drives section.
I then checked the box next to C. Docker asked for my desktop credentials to gain authorisation to write to my Users folder.
Then I ran the docker container following examples above and also the example on that settings page, attaching to /data in the container.
docker run -v c:/Users/<user.name>/Desktop/dockerStorage:/data -other -options
boot2docker together with VirtualBox Guest Additions
How to mount /Users into boot2docker
https://medium.com/boot2docker-lightweight-linux-for-docker/boot2docker-together-with-virtualbox-guest-additions-da1e3ab2465c
tl;dr Build your own custom boot2docker.iso with VirtualBox Guest
Additions (see link) or download
http://static.dockerfiles.io/boot2docker-v1.0.1-virtualbox-guest-additions-v4.3.12.iso
and save it to ~/.boot2docker/boot2docker.iso.
Note that in Windows you'll have to provide the absolute path.
Host: Windows 10
Container: Tensorflow Notebook
Below worked for me.
docker run -t -i -v D:/projects/:/home/chankeypathak/work -p 8888:8888 jupyter/tensorflow-notebook /bin/bash
i had same issues , i was trying to mount C:\Users\ folder on docker
this is how i did it Docker Toolbox command line
$ docker run -it --name <containername> -v /c/Users:/myVolData <imagename>
You can also do this with Portainer web application for a different visual experience.
First pull the Portainer image:
docker pull portainer/portainer
Then create a volume for Portainer:
docker volume create portainer_data
Also create a Portainer container:
docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer
You will be able to access the web app with your browser at this URL: "http://localhost:9000". At the first login, you will be prompted to set your Portainer admin credentials.
In the web app, follow these menus and buttons: (Container > Add container > Fill settings > Deploy Container)
I had trouble to create a "mount" volume with Portainer and I realized I had to click "bind" when creating my container's volume. Below is an illustration of the volume binding settings that worked for my container creation with a mounted volume binded to the host.
P.S.: I'm using Docker 19.035 and Portainer 1.23.1
I had the same requirement to mount host directory from container and I used volume mount command. But during testing noticed that it's creating files inside container too but after some digging found that they are just symbolic links and actual file system used form host machine.
Quoting from the Official Website:
Make sure you don’t have any previous getting-started containers running.
Run the following command from the app directory.
x86-64 Mac or Linux device:
docker run -dp 3000:3000 \
-w /app -v "$(pwd):/app" \
node:12-alpine \
sh -c "yarn install && yarn run dev"
Windows (PowerShell):
docker run -dp 3000:3000 `
-w /app -v "$(pwd):/app" `
node:12-alpine `
sh -c "yarn install && yarn run dev"
Aple silicon Mac or another ARM64 device:
docker run -dp 3000:3000 \
-w /app -v "$(pwd):/app" \
node:12-alpine \
sh -c "apk add --no-cache python2 g++ make && yarn install && yarn run dev"
Explaining:
dp 3000:3000 - same as before. Run in detached (background) mode and create a port mapping
w /app - sets the “working directory” or the current directory that the command will run from
v "$(pwd):/app" - bind mount the current directory from the host into the /app directory in the container
node:12-alpine - the image to use.
Note that this is the base image for our app from the Dockerfile sh -c "yarn install && yarn run dev" - the command.
We’re starting a shell using sh (alpine doesn’t have bash) and running yarn install to install all dependencies and then running yarn run dev. If we look in the package.json, we’ll see that the dev script is starting nodemon.

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