I'm building a test project that requires a module outside of the project directory. The project folder is in docker, and I would like to bind that module directory to the docker container of my project. Is it even possible to do it? Or am I asking the wrong question? By the way, I'm still new to docker so I'm just trying things out.
You can use the -v option to mount a volume (e.g. your folder) into the container. More details can be found in the docs. Which maps /data/ghost on the local drive to /var/lib/ghost inside the container. You can also specify another docker container as the source of the data using --volumes-from option.
My understand is, you need mount the host folder to the container. So try this:
docker run -v /host/project_folder:/container/project -t avian/project_image bash
-v
- --volume=[] Bind mount a volume/host/project_folder
- host server's folder/container/project
- container's folderThe latest docker version (v1.9.1) support a new command volume
. So you should be easier to manage volume in docker.
# For example, I need attach a volume to mysql container.
docker volume create --name mysql-data
docker run --name mysql -v mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw -d mysql
With that, you can delete container mysql
any time, without lost your database data.
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