Docker Ubuntu image missing prompt, color and completion?

Question

If I create a new Docker image based from ubuntu:14.04 image and run it with:

docker run -i --name="TEST" ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash

then I will have a minimalistic Ubuntu with Bash running, but I won't get a prompt and the auto-completion for files/folders does not work. Also if I try to edit a file using vi then the terminal will corrupt everything shown on the screen, and arrows wont work either.

So how can I create a new image from ubuntu:14.04 where the 'normal' Bash-like functionality from a 'normal' terminal from the Ubuntu Desktop distribution is working so that I have the same colored prompt, auto-completion of files/folders are working and also vi works as expected?

EDIT: I'm running boot2docker on Windows if that makes any difference!?

Answer 1

You're missing -t flag to allocate a pseudo-tty for your container:

docker run -it --name="TEST" ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash